Tutorial 5 MA1063
Tutorial 5 MA1063
Faculty of Engineering
Department of Mathematics
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𝑑6𝑥
1. Let 𝑦 = 𝑥 4 cos 𝑥, 𝑥𝜖ℝ. Use the Leibniz rule to find a simplified expression for 𝑑𝑦6 .
2. The function with equation 𝑦 = 𝑓(𝑥) is differentiable 𝑛 times, 𝑛𝜖ℕ, and satisfies the following
relationship,
𝑑2 𝑦 𝑑𝑦
(1 + 𝑥 2 ) 2
+𝑥 − 4𝑦 = 0.
𝑑𝑥 𝑑𝑥
𝑑𝑦 𝑛+2 𝑦 2)
𝑑𝑛 𝑦
= (4 − 𝑛 .
𝑑𝑥 𝑛+2 𝑑𝑥 𝑛
𝑑𝑦
3. Given that = 𝑦𝑒 𝑥 and x=0, y=e. Find the value of 𝑦 when 𝑥 = 1.
𝑑𝑥
𝑑𝑦
4. Solve 𝑥 2 + 4 − 𝑦 3 = 0.
𝑑𝑥
𝑑𝑦
5. Find the general solution of = 3𝑥 2 𝑒 −𝑦 and the solution that satisfies the conditions
𝑑𝑥
𝑦(0) = 1.
𝑑𝑦 𝑦+1
6. Solve the equation 𝑑𝑥 = 𝑥−1
, given the boundary conditions 𝑦 = 1 at 𝑥 = 0.
7. Water is draining out of a tank so that the height of the water, ℎ m, in time 𝑡 minutes, satisfies
𝑑ℎ
the differential equation, = −𝑘√ℎ, where 𝑘 is a positive constant. The initial height of the
𝑑𝑡
water is 2.25 m and 20 minutes later it drops to 1 m.
(60−𝑡)2
i. Show that the solution of the differential equation can be written as ℎ = 1600
.
ii. Find after how long the height of the water drops to 0.25 m.
8. Apply the integrating factor method to solve the following differential equations.
𝑑𝑦 𝑑𝑦 3𝑦
i. 𝑑𝑥
+ 2𝑦 = 𝑒 −𝑥 . iii. 𝑑𝑥
− 𝑥+1 = (𝑥 + 1)4 .
𝑑𝑦 3𝑦 𝑒𝑥 𝑑𝑦
ii. + = 𝑥3. iv. 𝑥 + 2𝑦 = 4𝑥 2 , 𝑦(1) = 2.
𝑑𝑥 𝑥 𝑑𝑥
9. 20 grms of salt are dissolved into a beaker containing 1 Liter of a certain chemical. The mass of
salt, M grams, which remains undissolved t seconds later, is modelled by the differential
equation.
𝑑𝑀 2𝑀
+ + 1 = 0, 𝑡 ≥ 0.
𝑑𝑡 20 − 𝑡
1
𝑀= (10 − 𝑡)(20 − 𝑡).
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