MAT435 CALCULUS FOR ENGINEERS

TUTORIAL
CHAPTER 4 : ORDINARY DIFFERENTIAL EQUATIONS

1. Show that the following differential equation is homogeneous. Then, solve it.

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2. Solve the following differential equation. Then, solve it subject to .

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3. Solve the initial value problem by using an appropriate substitution.

that satisfies an initial condition and .

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4. Solve .

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5. In a culture of yeast the amount of the active fragment grows at a rate proportional to
the amount present. Initially, the amount of yeast is 100 strands. After 1 hour, there
are 156 strands of yeast.
i) Find the expression for the amount of strands of yeast at any time .
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ii) Determine the number of strands of yeast after two and half hour.
Answer : 304 strands
iii) Determine the time necessary for the number of strands of yeast to be 200.
Answer : 1.56 hours

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 6. A murder victim is discovered at midnight and the temperature of the body is recorded
at . One hour later, the temperature of the body is . Assume that the
surrounding air temperature remains constant at . Calculate the victim’s time of
death. Normal body temperature is .
Answer : 7.33 pm

7. A cup of hot chocolate initially at cools to in 5 minutes while sitting in a

room temperature at .
i) Determine the temperature of the hot chocolate after 9 minutes.
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ii) Determine when the temperature of the hot chocolate will be nicely .
Answer : 20.7 minutes

8. A tank contains 1000 liters of water in which 100g of salt is dissolved. Pure water is
pumped into the tank at the rate of 5 liters per minute and the well mixed solution is
pumped out at the same rate.

i) Determine the amount of salt in the tank at any time . Answer :

ii) Find the time when the amount of salt in the tank is 10g.
Answer : 460.52 minutes

9. Find the complementary function of Referring to the above

answer, find the particular solution, (without solving the coefficients) of the
differential equation if
i) . Answer :
ii) . Answer :

10. Solve the second order differential equation

subject to and .

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 11. Solve the following differential equation

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12. Solve the second order differential equation

that satisfies the initial conditions and when .

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13. A mass suspended from a spring performs vertical oscillations and the displacement
cm of the mass at time seconds is given by . If and when

, find in terms of .
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14. An LRC circuit connected in series with a resistance of ohms, a condenser of

capacitance farad and an inductance of henry has an applied voltage

. If the initial charge on the capacitor and the initial current are both zero, set
up the initial value problem for the above problem. Hence, find
i) the subsequent charge on the capacitor.

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ii) the current in the circuit.

Answer :

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