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Applied Mathematics - I

SOME PRACTICE PROBLEMS

1. If 𝑢 = + + then prove that 𝑥 +𝑦 +𝑧 =0.

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2. If 𝑢 = sin , prove that 𝑥 +𝑦 =0 .
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3. If = (𝑥⁄𝑦 )( , prove that 𝑥 +𝑦 =0 .

4. Verify Euler’s Theorem

i) 𝑢 = 3𝑥 𝑦𝑧 + 5𝑥𝑦 𝑧 + 4𝑥𝑦𝑧
ii) 𝑢= +

iii) 𝑢=
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iv) 𝑢=

v) 𝑢 = 𝑥 tan
√
vi) 𝑢=
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( )
vii) 𝑢=

viii) 𝑢=

5. If 𝑢 = log(𝑥 + 𝑦 ) + − 2log(𝑥 + 𝑦) , Find +𝑦 .

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6. If 𝑢 = 𝑥 sin , prove that 𝑥 +𝑦 = 3𝑥 sin
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7. If 𝑢 = + + , prove that 𝑥 +𝑦 + 2𝑢 = 0.
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8. If 𝑢 = where 𝑥 = 𝑟 cos 𝜃, 𝑦 = 𝑟 sin𝜃 , show that 𝑥 +𝑦 + 𝑢 = 0.

9. If 𝑢 = 𝑓 (𝑣), where v is a homogenous function of x, y of degree n, then prove that,

𝑥 + 𝑦 = 𝑛 𝑣 𝑓′(𝑣). Hence deduce that if 𝑢 = log 𝑣, 𝑥 +𝑦 = 𝑛.

10. If 𝑢 = + cos , then prove that 𝑥 + 𝑦 = .

11. If 𝑢 = Find 𝑥 +𝑦 .

12. 𝑢 = sin +cos +tan Find 𝑥 +𝑦 +𝑧 .

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𝑦 𝑦 𝜕𝑢 𝜕𝑢 𝜕𝑢
13. If 𝑢 = 𝑥𝑦 𝑓 𝑥
+ 𝑦𝑧 𝑔 𝑧
, prove that 𝑥 𝜕𝑥 + 𝑦 𝜕𝑦 + 𝑧 𝜕𝑧 = 2𝑢.
𝑦 𝑥 𝜕𝑢 𝜕𝑢
14. If 𝑢 =𝑥 𝑓 𝑥
+𝑦 𝑔 𝑦
, prove that 𝑥 𝜕𝑥 + 𝑦 𝜕𝑦 = 2𝑢.

15. If 𝑢 = Find 𝑥 +𝑦 .

16. If 𝑢 = +
Find 𝑥 +𝑦 +𝑧 + 𝑢 = 0.

17. If 𝑢 = then prove that 𝑥 + 2𝑥𝑦 +𝑦 = 0.

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18. If = 𝑥 𝑒 , prove that 𝑥 + 2𝑥𝑦 +𝑦 = 6𝑢.

19. If If 𝑢 = log , then prove that 𝑥 + 2𝑥𝑦 +𝑦 = 0.

20. If 𝑦 = 𝑥cos𝑢 , then find the value of 𝑥 + 2𝑥𝑦 + 𝑦 .

21. If 𝑢 = 𝑥 sin − 𝑦 cos , find 𝑥 + 2 𝑥𝑦 +𝑦 = 2𝑢.

22. If 𝑢=x sin + 𝑦 tan , find 𝑥 + 2 𝑥𝑦 +𝑦 .

23. If 𝑢 = 𝑥 sin + 𝑥 tan , find 𝑥 + 2 𝑥𝑦 +𝑦 +𝑥 + 𝑦 .

𝑎𝑡 𝑥 = 1, 𝑦 = 1.

24. If 𝑢 = 𝑥 𝑓 +𝑦 𝑓 , prove that 𝑥 + 2𝑥𝑦 +𝑦 +𝑥 +𝑦 = 𝑛 𝑢.

25. If 𝑢 = , then find the value of 𝑥 + 2𝑥𝑦 +𝑦 +𝑥 +𝑦

𝑎𝑡 𝑥 = 1, 𝑦 = 2.

26. If find value of 𝑥 + 2𝑥𝑦 +𝑦 +𝑥 +𝑦 𝑎𝑡 𝑥 = 1, 𝑦 = 1.

when 𝑧 = 𝑥 tan + .

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27. If 𝑢 = ( )
+ 𝑥𝑓 + 𝑦𝑔 find value of 𝑥 + 2𝑥𝑦 +𝑦 .

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28. If 𝑢 = 𝑥 tan + 𝑒 +𝑦 𝑠𝑖𝑛 + 𝑙𝑜𝑔 , prove that

𝑥 + 2𝑥𝑦 +𝑦 +𝑥 +𝑦 = 9𝑢.

29. If 𝑢 = sin prove that 𝑥 +𝑦 = tan 𝑢.

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30. If If 𝑢 = log ,find the value of 𝑥 +𝑦 .

31. If 𝑢 = 𝑙𝑜𝑔(𝑥 + 𝑦 − 𝑥 y − 𝑥𝑦 ) , prove that

𝑥 +𝑦 = 3 and 𝑥 + 2𝑥𝑦 +𝑦 = − 3.

32. If 𝑢 = tan , prove that 𝑥 + 2𝑥𝑦 +𝑦 = sin4𝑢 − sin2𝑢.

33. If 𝑢 = tan , prove that

𝑥 + 2𝑥𝑦 +𝑦 = 2𝑠𝑖𝑛𝑢𝑐𝑜𝑠3𝑢 = 𝑠𝑖𝑛2𝑢(1 − 4𝑠𝑖𝑛 𝑢) = 𝑠𝑖𝑛4𝑢 − 𝑠𝑖𝑛2𝑢.

34. If 𝑢 = 𝑠𝑖𝑛 then prove that

𝑥 + 2𝑥𝑦 +𝑦 = (tan 𝑢 − 19).

35. If 𝑢 = sinh , prove that 𝑥 + 2𝑥𝑦 +𝑦 = − tanh 𝑢.

36. If 𝑢 = 𝑒 + 𝑙𝑜𝑔(𝑥 + 𝑦 − 𝑥 𝑦 + 𝑥𝑦 ) 𝑡ℎ𝑒𝑛 𝑓𝑖𝑛𝑑

𝑥 +𝑦 +𝑥 + 2𝑥𝑦 +𝑦 .

37. If 𝑢 = log 𝑟 & 𝑟 = 𝑥 + 𝑦, prove that 𝑥 + 2𝑥𝑦 + 𝑦 + 1 = 0.

38. If 𝑢 = sin (𝑥 + 𝑦 ) , show that 𝑥 𝑢 + 2𝑥𝑦 𝑢 +𝑦 𝑢 = tan𝑢(2 tan 𝑢 − 3).

39. If 𝑢 = sin , prove that

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(i) 𝑥 𝑢 + 𝑦 𝑢 = (ii) 𝑥 𝑢 + 2𝑥𝑦𝑢 +𝑦 𝑢 =− .

40. If 𝑢 = log + 𝑠𝑖𝑛 , prove that

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𝑥 + 2𝑥𝑦 + 𝑦 = − , where 𝑤 = 𝑠𝑖𝑛

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41. If 𝑢 = sec , Find 𝑥 + 2𝑥𝑦 +𝑦 .

42. If 𝑢 = 𝑙𝑜𝑔 , prove that 𝑥 + 2𝑥𝑦 +𝑦 = −1.

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