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MAST 330 - Differential Equations

Fall 2024
Homework 9

You have five problems to work, and you need to submit your solutions as one PDF file.

Each answer must be justified and all your work should appear. You will be
marked on the quality of your explanations.

You can discuss the problems with classmates, but you should write your solutions sepa-
rately (meaning that you cannot copy the same solution from a joint blackboard, for exam-
ple).

Your work should be submitted on Moodle, before Friday, November 22 at 11:59 pm.

1. Consider the differential equation describing the motion of a spring-mass system

y ′′ + 6y ′ + 9y = 0.

(a) Characterize this equation as undamped, underdamped, critically damped, or


overdamped.
(b) Solve the IVP
y ′′ + 6y ′ + 9y = 0, y(0) = 1, y ′ (0) = −1.

2. A mass of one kg stretches a spring 49 cm in equilibrium. It is attached to a dashpot


that supplies a damping force of 4 N for each m/sec of speed. Find the steady state
component of its displacement if it’s subject to an external force f (t) = 8 sin 2t−6 cos 2t
N. The steady state component is that part of the motion that does not vanish after
some time.

3. Consider the equation


y ′′ + 4y = 5 cos(2t).

(a) Find its general solution.


(b) Assume the equation represents the stretching of the spring. Describe the system
using words. You should say if the motion is damped (and how much relative to
its acceleration) and if it is driven.
(c) What is the maximal stretching for that spring? Explain.

4. Rewrite the system in matrix form and verify that the given vector function satisfies
the system for any choice of the constants c1 and c2 .

y1′ = 2y1 + 4y2


   
1 6t 1
; y = c1 e + c2 e−2t .
y2′ = 4y1 + 2y2 1 −1

1
5. Tanks T1 and T2 contain 50 gallons and 100 gallons of salt solutions, respectively. A
solution with 2 pounds of salt per gallon is pumped into T1 from an external source at
1 gal/min, and a solution with 3 pounds of salt per gallon is pumped into T2 from an
external source at 2 gal/min. The solution from T1 is pumped into T2 at 3 gal/min,
and the solution from T2 is pumped into T1 at 4 gal/min. T1 is drained at 2 gal/min
and T2 is drained at 1 gal/min. Let Q1 (t) and Q2 (t) be the number of pounds of salt
in T1 and T2 , respectively, at time t > 0. Derive a system of differential equations for
Q1 and Q2 . Assume that both mixtures are well stirred.

Extra problems, won’t be graded


You do not need to submit these problems.

6. Rewrite the given equation as a first-order system

y (4) + 4y ′′′ + 6y ′′ + 4y ′ + y = 0.

7. Rewrite the system in matrix form and verify that the given vector function satisfies
the system for any choice of the constants c1 , c2 , and c3 .

y1′ = −y1 + 2y2 + 3y3


y2′ = y2 + 6y3 ;
′
y3 = −2y3
     
1 1 1
y = c1 1 et + c2 0 e−t + c3 −2 e−2t .
0 0 1

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