Laplace Transforms Assignment/Practice questions

1. Find

(i)

(ii)
(iii)
(iv)

(v)

1 t
L e 5

15

L sinh t
17

L cos3 3t
L sin t

, is a constant

L a bt
t

L 5e 2t 3

(vi)
2. Find
(i)
(ii)
(iii)

L e 2016 t t16
L e 3/ 2 t sin 3t

L t cos at
L e 3t sin 5t sin 3t

(iv)
3. Find Laplace transform of the following

2
2

cos t 3 , t 3

f t
2
0,
t

3
(i)

sin x 3 , x 3

f x

0,
x

3
(ii)
4. Find the Laplace transform of

f t
(i) wave of period T, given by

t
, 0t T
T

f t

.
t,
0t a
2a t , a t 2 a

(ii) wave of period 2a, given by

5. Using change of scale property prove the following:
t
L f 2 f 2 s
L f t f s
2
(i)
, given

L e f 3t
t

(ii)
6. Find
(i)
(ii)
(iii)
(iv)
7. Find

(i)

s 1

s 1

L f t

, given

L t 2 3t 2 sin 3t
L te 2t sin t
L t 2 et sin t
L t 2 e3t sinh t

sin 2 t
L

t
cos at cos bt

L
(ii)

sin 4t
t

L
(iii)

e at cos bt

(iv)
L f 1 t
f t e 2t sin 2t
8. If
, find
.
9. Show that

1

s

1 2 s 1
L te t sin t dt 2

s s 2s 2
0

(i)
10. Find

L1

(ii)

e at e bt
b
0 t dt ln a

s 2 a 2 2

(i)

2s 1
L1 2
s 4

(ii)

3 s 2 2 2

2s5

(iii)

s 1
L1 log

s 1

(iv)

s a
L1 cot 1

(v)
11. Solve the following differential equations by using Laplace transforms
(i)
y11 + 2y1 + 5y = e-t sin t, where y(0) = 0 and y1(0) = 1.
(D2 + n2)x = a sin(nt + ), where x = Dx = 0 at t = 0.

(ii)
Answers
1
1
5

s
1 (i)
cos
(iv)

15 /17
s2

s
sin 2
2
s
s 2

(ii)

(v)
16!

2 (i)

(iv)

17

(ii)

30 s 3

(iii)

a b

2 c
s s
s

(vi)

s 2016

15

17

s 3 / 2

6s 13 s 2 6 s 73
3 (i)

25
30 9

s4 s2 s
s2 a2

(iii)
2 s

se
s2 1

s
1
3
2
2

4 s 81 s 9

(ii)

a2

e 3
s2 1

1
e sT

s 2T s 1 e sT

4 (i)

(ii)

6 s 4 18s 3 126s 2 162s 432

6 (i)
1

(iv)

(iii)

s 4

(ii)

s 2

7 (i)

s
cot 1
4

10 (i)
et e t
t
(iv)

11 (i)

(ii)

4s 5

(iii)
1
s2 4
ln
2
s
(ii)
1 s b
ln

2 s a 2

1
1

y et 1 t t 2 t 5
2
60

2s 2

1 s 2 b 2
ln

2 s 2 a 2

8.

s 2

(iii)

3 t4
3t 2
2 4

1 at
e sin bt
t
x an cos .

(ii)

2s

5e 2t 3e 2t
1
or 2 cosh 2t sinh 2t
4
2

(v)

2 3s 2 6s 2

2s 4

(iv)
1
t sin at
2a

1
sa
tanh
2
s
2

1
t
sin nt nt cos nt a sin . sin nt
3
2n
2n