Math 2910 #101

CNM Applied Differential Equations Homework - Chapter 3

Summer 2012

1. Find the general solution to the following differential equations: (a) y ''+ 2 y ' 3 y = 0 . (c) y ''+ 5 y ' = 0 . (b) 6 y '' y ' y = 0 . (d) y '' 9 y '+ 9 y = 0 . 2. Solve the following initial value problems: (a) y ''+ y ' 2 y = 0 , y (0) = 1 , y '(0) = 1 . (b) 6 y '' 5 y '+ y = 0 , y (0) = 4 , y '(0) = 0 . (c) y ''+ 5 y '+ 3 y = 0 , y (0) = 1 , y '(0) = 0 . (d) y ''+ 8 y ' 9 y = 0 , y (1) = 1 , y '(1) = 0 .
2t 3t 3. Find a differential equation whose general solution is y = c1e + c2 e .

4. Solve the initial value problem y '' y ' 2 y = 0 , y (0) = , y '(0) = 2 . Then find the value of so that lim y (t ) = 0 .
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5. Find the Wronskian for the following pairs of functions: (a) e at , ebt . (d) 1, t at at (b) e , te . (e) x , x 2 . (c) sin t , cos t . (f) cos 2 x , 1 + cos(2 x) . 6. If f (t ) = e 2t and W ( f , g )(t ) = 3e 4t , then find g (t ) . 7. (Abel's Theorem) Suppose that y1 (t ) and y2 (t ) are solutions to the differential equation: y ''+ a (t ) y '+ b(t ) y = 0 . (a) Show that [ y1 y2 '' y1 '' y2 ] + a (t ) [ y1 y2 ' y1 ' y2 ] = 0 . (b) Let W (t ) denote the Wronskian of y1 (t ) and y2 (t ) . Show that it satisfies the differential equation: W '(t ) + a (t )W (t ) = 0 . (c) Solve the DE in part (b) to show that W (t ) = Ce a ( t ) dt . 8. Determine whether or not the following pairs of functions are a fundamental set of solutions to the given differential equation: (a) y ''+ 4 y = 0 ; y1 (t ) = cos 2t , y2 (t ) = sin 2t . 3t 3t (b) y '' 5 y '+ 6 y = 0 ; y1 (t ) = e , y2 (t ) = 7e .
t t (c) y '' 2 y '+ y = 0 ; y1 (t ) = e , y2 (t ) = te . 2t 4t (d) y '' 4 y = 0 ; y1 (t ) = e , y2 (t ) = e .

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9. Find the general solution to the following differential equations: (a) y '' 2 y '+ 2 y = 0 . (c) y ''+ 6 y '+ 13 y = 0 . (b) y ''+ 2 y ' 8 y = 0 . (d) y ''+ 2 y '+ 1.25 y = 0 . 10. Solve the following initial value problems: (a) y ''+ 4 y = 0 , y (0) = 0 , y '(0) = 1 . (b) y '' 2 y '+ 5 y = 0 , y ( 2 ) = 0 , y '( 2 ) = 2 . (c) y ''+ y '+ 1.25 y = 0 , y (0) = 3 , y '(0) = 1 . 11. Find the general solution to the following differential equations: (a) y '' 2 y '+ y = 0 . (c) 9 y ''+ 6 y '+ y = 0 . (b) 25 y '' 20 y '+ 4 y = 0 . (d) 4 y ''+ 12 y '+ 9 y = 0 . 12. Solve the following initial value problems: (a) 9 y '' 12 y '+ 4 y = 0 , y (0) = 2 , y '(0) = 1 . (b) y '' 6 y '+ 9 y = 0 , y (0) = 0 , y '(0) = 2 . 13. Solve the initial value problem: y '' y '+ 0.25 y = 0 , y (0) = 2 , y '(0) = b . Then find the critical value of b that separates the solutions that grow positively from those that eventually grow negatively. 14. Use the method of undetermined coefficients to find the general solution to the following differential equations: (a) y '' 2 y ' 3 y = 3e 2t . (c) y ''+ 2 y '+ y = 2e t . (b) y '' 2 y ' 3 y = 3te t . (d) 2 y ''+ 3 y '+ y = t 2 + 3sin t . 15. Use the method of undetermined coefficients to solve the following initial value problems: (a) y ''+ y ' 2 y = 2t , y (0) = 0 , y '(0) = 1 . (b) y ''+ 4 y = 3sin 2t , y (0) = 2 , y '(0) = 1 . 16. Use the method of variation of parameters to find the general solution to the following differential equations: (a) y '' 5 y '+ 6 y = 2et . (c) y ''+ y = tan t , 0 < t < 2 . t 2 2 t (b) y ''+ 2 y '+ y = 3e . (d) y ''+ 4 y '+ 4 y = t e , t > 0 . 17. Consider the differential equation: t 2 y '' 2 y = 3t 2 , t > 0 . 2 1 (a) Show that the functions y1 = t and y2 = t are a fundamental set of solutions to the related homogenous equation. (b) Find the general solution of the differential equation.

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18. A mass weighing 2 lb stretches a spring 6 in. If the mass is pulled down an additional 3 in. and then released, then determine the position of the mass at any time t. (Assume there is no damping.) 19. A mass weighing 3 lb stretches a spring 3 in. If the mass is pushed upward, contracting the spring a distance of 1 in. and then set in motion with a downward velocity of 2 ft/s, find the position of the mass at any time t. (Assume there is no damping.) 20. A series circuit has a capacitor of 0.25 x 10-6 F and an inductor of 1 H. If the initial charge on the capacitor is 10-6 C and there is no initial current, find the charge on the capacitor at any time t. 21. A mass of 20 g stretches a spring 5 cm. Suppose that the mass is also attached to a damper with a damping constant of 400 dyn s/cm. If the mass is pulled down an additional 2 cm and then released, find its position at any time t. Determine if the motion is underdamped, critically damped, or overdamped. 22. A series circuit has a capacitor of 10-5 F, a resistor of 300 , and an inductor of 0.2 H. If the initial charge on the capacitor is 10-6 C and there is no initial current, then find the charge on the capacitor at any time t. 23. A mass weighing 4 lb stretches a spring 1.5 in. The mass is displaced 2 in the positive direction from its equilibrium position and released with no initial velocity. Assuming that there is no damping and that the mass is acted on by an external force of 2 cos 3t lb., find the position of the mass at any time t. 24. Suppose that in the previous problem, the external force is replaced by 4sin t lb. Find the value of for which resonance occurs. 25. A mass of 5 kg stretches a spring 10 cm. The mass is acted on by an external force of 10sin 1 2 t N and moves in a medium that imparts a viscous force of 2 N when the speed of the mass is 4 cm/s. If the mass is set in motion from its equilibrium position with an initial velocity of 3 cm/s, the find the position of the mass at any time t. 26. If an undamped spring-mass system with a mass that weighs 6 lb and a spring constant of 1 lb/in is initially set in motion by an external force of 4 cos 7t lb, then find the position of the mass at any time t. 27. A mass that weighs 8 lb stretches a spring 6 in. The system is acted on by an external force of 8sin 8t lb. If the mass is pulled down 3 in and then released, then determine the position of the mass at any time t. 28. A series circuit has a 0.25 x 10-6 F capacitor, a 5000 resistor, and a 1 H inductor. Suppose that a 12-volt battery is connected to the circuit and the circuit is closed at time t = 0 . Determine the charge on the capacitor at any time t. Also, determine the limiting charge on the capacitor as t .

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