Papua New Guinea University of Technology

Department of Mathematics and Computer Science

Second Year Mathematics - Semester 1 2016
MA235 Engineering Mathematics 2 (A)
Assignment 2 First Order Differential Equation & Application
Due Date: Thursday 31st March, hand in before 4pm.
Instructions:
Drop your assignments in the Assignment Box in the Main Office. The
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Note that the main office closes at about 4pm so you must be prompt. Marks
will be deducted for late submission. Do not hand directly to your tutor.

Question 1
Solve the given initial-value problem

x2

dy
1
2 xy =3 y 4 , y ( 1 )=
dx
2

Question 2
Solve the differential equation

( 4 t3 y15 t 2 y ) dt+ ( t 4 +3 y 2t ) dy=0

Question 3
The rate at which a body cools also depend on the exposed surface area
S . If

is a constant, then a modification of

dT
=k (T T m)
dt

is

dT
=kS(T T m )
dt
where

k <0

and

Tm

is a constant. Suppose that two cups

A and

are filled with coffee at the same time. Initially, the temperature of the
o
coffee is 66 C . The exposed surface area of the coffee in cup B is
twice the surface area of the coffee in cup

A . After 30 minutes the

temperature of the coffee in cup

is

is the temperature of the coffee in cup

33o C . If
B

T m=21 C , then what

after 30 minutes?