College of Engineering & College of Science

Department of Mathematical Sciences

MATH2210: Differential Equations and Engineering Applications

Mid-Term Exam- Fall 2012
Monday November 5, 2012

07:00-08:00 p.m.
Instructions

The exam has 5 pages without this cover page

Calculators, notes or books are NOT allowed
For each problem, show all your work
Write your name and student ID and select your section

Name

ID

Solution
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Solution
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Select your section:

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Part.

Section Instructor

Dr. Nafaa Chbili

Dr. Mohamed Hajji
Dr. Nafaa Chbili
Dr. Youssef El Khatib

Section

01
02
03

Grade

Instructor

Dr. Fatahalla Rihan

Dr. John Abraham
Dr. Nafaa Chbili

TOTAL

Part A: Technical Questions (20 points)

Answer the following questions
A1. (8 points=4+4) Answer the following
a) Solve the initial value problem

The equation

is a linear differential equation in the form

where

We first compute the integrating factor

Then the general solution is

Condition

:
The solution of the problem is

b) Find the general solution of the differential equation

This is a first order homogeneous D.E. in the form

Note: It is also a Bernoulli Equation and can be solved in another way.

. Substituting the

To solve it, we let

previous equalities in the D.E.:

and

Then we have the following separable differential equation

We integrate both sides and we obtain

and

+c, then

, where c and k are constants. Then the

general solution is:

.
1

A2.(6 points=1+3+2)
1) Consider the following differential equation

i.

Test the differential equation (E) for exactness.

(E) has the form
We compute

, where
and

Since

ii.

, we have
, then we conclude that (E) is exact.

Find a potential function and the general solution for (E) (perhaps implicitly
defined).

Thus we search for

is a potential function for, thus we should have

Choose either of these equations and integrate it. If we choose the first equation,
then integrate with respect to x:

To determine
respect to

use the fact that

, thus differentiate

using the previous equality

and
and
. Finally, the general solution is

2) Find an integrating factor

which makes the differential equation exact

Do not solve the differential equation.

Then

is an integrating factor. Thus an integrating factor is

with

A3. (6 points)

1) Find the general solution of the differential equation

The equation is a second order differential equation with constant coefficient, thus
we solve the quadratic equation:

, thus we have two distinct solutions for the

quadratic equation

The general solution of the differential equation is then

2) Use the previous question A3. 1) to find the solution of the following differential
equation

The equation is an Euler second order differential equation in the form

where

and

. Thus we assume

we solve the differential equation for y as function of t:

So we need to solve the differential equation where y is function of t:

which was done in the previous question. The solution is

Since
thus the solution in function of x is

Part B: Short Answer Questions (5 points: 1+2+2)

Answer the following questions
B1.Write down a first order differential equation which is Bernoulli but non linear and
non separable.

There are many more examples

B2. Show that

and
are linearly independent.
Write a second order differential equation whose solution is

The Wronskian

. Thus

and

are linearly independent.

The second order differential equation whose solution is

coefficient homogeneous in the form

is a constant

, where

solutions of the quadratic equation

and

are

. Thus

and the corresponding differential equation is

B3. True or False Write True or False for the following statements

The differential equation

is non-linear homogeneous

is a solution of

If the Wronskian

_False_
_True_

then

The problem

and

are linearly independent _False_

has exactly one solution

_False_

Part C: Multiple Choice Questions (5 points: 1 point each)

Circle the letter that corresponds to your answer

C1. The differential equation

is

(A) Separable

(B) Linear

(C) Bernoulli

(D) Homogeneous

C2. Which of the following differential equations is exact?

(A)

(B)

(C)

(D)

C3. The solution of the initial value problem

(A)

(B)

(C)

(D)

C4. The differential equation

is

is

(A) second order and homogeneous

(B) second order and non linear

(C) second order and Euler

(D) fourth order and non linear

C5. A value of

that makes

a solution of

(A)

(B)

(C)

(D)

is