Department of Mathematics
15B11MA211 Mathematics-2
B.Tech. Core
Tutorial Sheet 2 (Differential Equations with Variable Coefficients)
1. Solve the following ordinary differential equations when an integral of complementary
function is known
i. y ''+ y = sec x ,
ii. x2 y ''+ xy '− y = 2 x 2 ,
iii. xy ''+ (1 − x ) y '− y = e x .
2. By changing the dependent variable solve the following differential equation
y '' − 2 tan x y ' + 8 y = e x sec x.
3. Solve the following differential equations by changing the independent variable
xy ''− y '− 4 x3 y = 8x3 sin x 2 .
4. Using the method of variation of parameters find the general solution of
e3 x
y '' − 6 y ' + 9 y = .
x
5. To apply variation of parameters, find two linearly independent solutions of the
corresponding homogeneous differential equation of
( x2 + 1) y " − 2 xy ' + 2 y = 6( x 2 + 1)2 .
Answers:
1.
i. y = x sin x + cos x log cos x + a sin x + b cos x ,
2 a
ii. y = x2 − + bx ,
3 2x
e− x
iii. y = e x log x + a e x dx + b e x .
x
ex
2. y = sec x C1 cos3x + C2 sin 3x + .
10
3. y = C1e x + C2e − x − sin x 2 .
2 2
4. y = ( C1 + C2 x ) e3 x + ( log x − 1) xe3 x .
5. = ( x 2 − 1) , = x.