MTE1043 - Applied Differential Equations

Assignment 02
Submission Date: March 11, 2015
1. Give an example of an application/use of ordinary differential equation.
2. Show that x3 + 3xy 2 = 1 is an implicit solution of the differential
dy
equation 2xy
+ x2 + y 2 = 0 on the interval (0, 1).
dx
3. Show that 5x2 y 2 2x3 y 2 = 1 is an implicit solution of the differential
dy
equation x + y = x3 y 3 on the interval (0, 2.5).
dx
1
is solution of the following ODE on every interval
1 + x2
(a, b) of the xaxis:

4. Show that y =

1 + x2

d2 y
dy
+ 4x + 2y = 0
2
dx
dx

5. Eliminate the arbitrary constant A and B to obtain the differential

equation whose general solution is Ax2 + By 2 = 1
Ans. xy 00 + x(y 0 )2 yy 0 = 0
6. From the relation given by y = a cos(nx + b) form the corresponding
differential equation by eliminating a and b.
Ans. y 00 + n2 y = 0
7. Solve

dy
x cos x
= y
.
dx
2e sinh y
Hint sin y =

8. Solve

ey ey
, Ans. 12 e2y y = x sin x + cos x + C
2

dy
= (4x + y + 1)2 .
dx
1

Hint Put 4x + y + 1 = t, Ans. tan

4x + y + 1
2


= 2x + C

9. Solve xy 4 dx + (y 2 + 2)e3x dy = 0

Ans. e3x (3x 1) = y9 + y63 + C

10. Solve by separating the variables sec y

dy
+ sin(x y) = sin(x + y).
dx

11. What is an exact equation? How can you solve such equations?
12. Solve cos(x + y)dx + (3y 2 + 2y + (cos(x + y))dy = 0.
Ans. sin(x + y) + y 3 + y 2 = C.
Instructor: Dr. Shafqat Hussain