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This document is a tutorial sheet for the MAT 3110 - Engineering Mathematics II course at the University of Zambia, focusing on Laplace transforms. It includes problems for finding Laplace transforms, inverse Laplace transforms, solving initial value problems, and finding convolutions. The sheet also contains specific functions and equations for students to work on, along with instructions for graphing and representing functions.

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MAT 3110 Tutorial Sheet 1 2024 25

This document is a tutorial sheet for the MAT 3110 - Engineering Mathematics II course at the University of Zambia, focusing on Laplace transforms. It includes problems for finding Laplace transforms, inverse Laplace transforms, solving initial value problems, and finding convolutions. The sheet also contains specific functions and equations for students to work on, along with instructions for graphing and representing functions.

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The University of Zambia

Department of Mathematics, Statistics and


Actuarial Science
MAT 3110 - Engineering Mathematics II
Tutorial Sheet 1 - Laplace Transforms February, 2025

1. Find the Laplace transforms of the following functions.


(a) (2t + 3)2 (b) sin2t (c) e−t cosh(2t)
π   π
(d) e−2t cos(3t) (e) cos 2t − (f) 7 cos 4t +
4 3
(g) t3 e−t (h) 2e−t sin(5t) (i) cosh(2t) sin(3t)

2. Find the inverse Laplace transforms of the following functions.


3s + 2 2s + 1 8 5
(a) 2 (b) 2 (c) 3 − 4
s −4 s +9 s s
7s − 3 s+4 1
(d) 2 (e) 2 (f)
s −9 s − s − 12 (s + 2)(s + 5)
3 4 5
(g) 2
(h) 3
(i)
(s + 3) (s + 2) s(s − 2)
2s 3s − 4
(j) 2 (k) 2
s + 6s + 25 s − 4s + 13

3. Solve the following initial value problems by using Laplace transforms.


(a) y ′ − 3y = 5e2t , y(0) = 1
(b) y ′′ + 2y ′ − 8y = 0, y(0) = 4, y ′ (0) = −1
(c) y ′′ + 4y = 8e−2t , y(0) = 0, y ′ (0) = 0
(d) y ′′ + 3y ′ + 2y = 4t + 3, y(0) = 0, y ′ (0) = 0

4. Sketch or graph the given function, which is assumed to be zero outside the given interval.
Represent it,(using unit step functions. Find its Laplace transform.
(
t, 0 ≤ t < 2, t − 2, 0 ≤ t < 2,
(a) f (t) = (b) f (t) =
0, t ≥ 2 0, t≥2
( (
cos 4t, 0 ≤ t < π, e , 0 ≤ t < π2 ,
t
(c) f (t) = (d) f (t) =
0, t≥π 0, t ≥ π2
( (
sin πt, 2 ≤ t < 4, e−πt , 2 ≤ t < 4,
(e) f (t) = (f) f (t) =
0, otherwise 0, otherwise
( (
t2 , 1 ≤ t < 2, t2 , 0 ≤ t < 32 ,
(g) f (t) = (h) f (t) =
0, otherwise 0, t ≥ 32
(
sin t, π2 ≤ t < π,
(i) f (t) =
0, otherwise

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5. Find the inverse Laplace transforms of the following functions.
e−2s 4(1 − e−3s ) 5(e−s − e−4s )
(a) (b) (c)
(s + 2)3 s2 + 16 s
−2s −s −4s −2π(s−2)
e 3(e − e ) e (s − 2)
(d) 5 (e) 2
(f)
s s −9 (s − 2)2 + 4

6. Solve the following initial value problems with a discontinuous force.


(
1, 0 < t < 1,
(a) y ′′ + y = with y(0) = 0, y ′ (0) = 0.
0, t ≥ 1,
(
′′ et , 0 < t < 1,
(b) y − y = with y(0) = 0, y ′ (0) = 1.
0, t ≥ 1,
(
t, 0 < t < 2,
(c) y ′′ + 2y ′ + y = with y(0) = 1, y ′ (0) = 0.
0, t ≥ 2,
(
5t, 0 < t < 1,
(d) y ′′ + 4y = with y(0) = 2, y ′ (0) = 0.
0, t ≥ 1,
(
et , 0 < t < 2,
(e) y ′′ + y ′ − 2y = with y(0) = 1, y ′ (0) = −1.
0, t ≥ 2,
(
t2 , 0 < t < π,
(f) y ′′ − 4y = with y(0) = 0, y ′ (0) = 1.
0, t ≥ π,

7. Find the following convolutions.


(a) 1 ∗ 1 (b) et ∗ 1 (c) cos t ∗ cos t (d) t ∗ 1 (e) sin t ∗ 1

8. Find the inverse Laplace transform of the following functions.


s 1 10s
(a) 2 2
(b) 2 2 (c) 2
(s + 1) s (s + 9) (s + 25)2

End of Tutorial Sheet

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