AMAT 204 FINAL EXAM REVIEW PROBLEMS

QUESTION 1
Solve the following differential equations. Give the unique solution in an explicit form:
dy 3 x 2 + 2 dy e 4 x
a) = ; y (0) = 1 . b) = ; y ( 0) = 2 .
dx 2y dx y

dy
2xy = x 2e x , y(0) = 1 , x > 0 .
2
c)
dx

(Find an integrating factor first.)

QUESTION 2
dy
Consider the differential equation ( 4 xy 3 x 2 ) + (3 x 3 3 xy ) = 0 :
dx
a) Show that it is not exact.
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b) Use the integrating factor = to obtain a new differential equation. Show that this one is
x
exact.
c) Solve it, giving the general solution in an implicit form.

QUESTION 3
y
Use the substitution u = , to solve the first order homogeneous differential equation
x
dy xy + y 2
=
dx x2
Give the general solution in an explicit form.

QUESTION 4
d2y dy
a) Find the general solution to the differential equation 2
5 + 4y = 0.
dx dx
b) Use part (a) and the method of undetermined coefficients to find the general solution to the
d2y dy
differential equation 2
5 + 4 y = 4x + 2 .
dx dx
c) Use the method of variation of parameters to find the general solution to the differential
equation
d2y dy
2
5 + 4 y = e5x
dx dx

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QUESTION 5
Use the Power Series method to find the solution to the differential equation
d2y dy
2
2 3 xy = 3 x + 1
dx dx
with the initial conditions y (0) = 1 and y ' (0) = 0 , up to and including the term in x 4 .

QUESTION 6
Use the method of Laplace transforms to solve the differential equation:

d2y dy
2
+ 3 + 2y = 0 , with y (0) = 1 and y'(0) = 0
dx dx

Laplace Transforms of some elementary functions

y (x) L{y ( x)} = Y ( s )

1 1
, s>0
s
x 1
, s>0
s2
e ax 1
, s>a
sa
sin ax a
, s>0
s + a2
2

cos ax s
, s>0
s + a2
2

1. Laplace transform of the first order L{y( x)} = sY ( s) y (0)

derivative y( x)
2. Laplace transform of the second order L{y( x)} = s 2Y ( s ) sy (0) y ' (0)
derivative y( x )