University of the Philippines

Department of Chemical Engineering

ChE 106
Practice Problems for LE 3

Solve using MUC or MVP

1. x2 y 00 4xy 0 + 6y = x4 ex, y(2)= 2, y 0 (2) = 7

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Ans: y = (e2 2)x2 + 4 e2 x3 + x2 ex

2. y 00 6y 0 + 5y = ex
Ans: y = C1 ex + C2 e5x 41 xex

3. y 00 + 4y = 2 cos(2x), y(0) = 0, y 0 (0) = 1

Ans: y = 32 cos(2x) + 21 sin(2x) + 32 cos(x)

4. y 00 + y 0 + y = 2xe

x
   
Ans: y = ex/2 C1 cos 3
2 x + C2 sin 3
2 x + 32 ex (x 1)

5. y 00 y = x2 , y(0) = 0, y 0 (0) = 0
Ans: y = 12 ex + 23 ex x2 2

6. y 00 + y = tan(x)
Ans: y = C1 cos x + C2 sin x cos x(ln(sec x + tan x))

7. y 00 + 2y 0 3y = ex
Ans: y = C1 ex + C2 e3x 41 ex

8. y 00 + 4y = sec2 (2x)
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Ans: y = C1 cos 2x + C2 sin 2x 4 + 14 ln(sec x + tan x) sin 2x

9. y (3) + y 00 y 0 + 2y = 2 cos(x) 

  
Ans: y = C1 e + e 2x x/2 C2 cos 2 x + C3 sin 23 x
3
+ 52 cos x 45 sin x

10. y (4) 16y = 128 cosh(2x), y(0) = 1, y 0 (0) = 24, y 00 (0) = 20, y 000 (0) = 160
Ans: y = 4e2x + 16sin 2x + 3cosh 2x + 4x sinh 2x

11. (x3 D3 x2 D2 7xD + 16)y = 9x ln(x), y(1) = 6, Dy(1) = 18, D2 y(1) = 65

Ans: y = x2 x2 + 5x4 + x(ln x + 1)

Solve using Laplace Transform

1. y 0 y = e3t , y(0) = 1
Ans: y = 21 et + 12 e3t

2. y 00 3y 0 + 2y = 0, y(0) = 1, y 0 (0) = 1
Ans: y = et

3. y 00 + 4y = sin(t), y(0) = 1, y 0 (0) = 0

Ans: y = 13 sin t 16 sin 2t + cos 2t

4. y 00 2y 0 + 2y = 2et , y(0) = 0, y 0 (0) = 1

Ans: y = 2et 2et cos t + et sin t

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 5. y 00 2y 0 + y = et , y(0) = 1, y 0 (0) = 0
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Ans: y = t2 et + et tet
(
1 , t 2,
6. y 00 + 2y 0 + 2y = h(t), y(0) = 0, y 0 (0) = 1, where h(t) =
0 , otherwise
t 1 (t) (sin(t ) + cos(t )) u(t ) 12 1 e(t2) (sin(t
  
Ans: y = e sin t+ 2 1 e
2) + cos(t 2)) u(t 2)

7. y 00 3y 0 + 2y = r(t), y(0) = 1, y 0 (0) = 0, where r(t) = u(t) t, u(t) is the unit step
function
Ans: y = et 43 e2t + 3
4 + t
2
(
1 , 0 t ,
8. y 00
+ y = r(t), y(0) = 0, y 0 (0)
= 1, where r(t) =
0 , otherwise
Ans: y = sin t + 1 cos t [1 cos(t )]u(t )

9. y 00 3y 0 + 2y = e(t2)
 u(t 2), y(0) = y 0 (0)= 0
Ans: y = u(t 2) 1 2(t2)
3e 12 et2 + 16 e(t2)

10. Solve the following system using Laplace Transform

x00 + 3y 0 + 3y = 0

x00 + 3y = tet
x(0) = 0, x0 (0) = 2, y(0) = 0

Ans: x(t) = 21 t2 + t + 1 et y(t) = 31 + 13 et + 31 tet

11. y 00 + 3y 0 + 2y = t + [ae(ta) t]u(t a),

y(0) = y 0 (0) = 0, a = constant
  
t 1 2t 3 1
Ans: y = e 4 e 4 + 2 t u(t a) e(ta) 1 2(ta)
4e 4 + 2 (t a) + a 21 e2(ta) +
3 1


(t a)e(ta) 1
2 u(t a)

12. y 00 8ty 0 + 16y = 3, y(0) = 0, y 0 (0) = 0

Ans: y = 32 t2

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