THE UNIVERSITY OF TRINIDAD & TOBAGO

ALTERNATE ASSESSMENT/EXAMINATIONS DECEMBER 2012

Course Code and Title: Engineering Mathematics I / MATH1001

Programme: BASc.
Date and Time:

Duration: 3 hours

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EXAMINATION

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1. This paper has 6 pages and 8 questions.
2. You are required to answer all eight (8) questions.
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(1) Obtain the Laplace transforms of the following functions

(a)

f (t ) t 3 cos 4t 4e t

[4]

(b)

f (t ) sinh 3t cosh 5t

[3]

f (t ) 5t 3 sin 2 6t

(c)

(2) Use the result

L{tf (t )} F (s)

to find the Laplace transform of t cosh 3t .

(3) Use the result

[6]

[10]

e at f (t ) L1 F (s a)

to find the inverse Laplace transform of

20
s 32 9 2

L1 F (s) tf (t )

(4) Use the result

to find

(5) Use the result

[9]

L1 5 ln( s 3) 2 .

[11]

L{tf (t )} F (s)

L1 te 8t cos 8t .

to obtain

50
(6) Find L1
.
2
2
s 8 s 8 49

[9]

[8]

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(7) Using Laplace transforms, solve the following differential equations

subject to the given conditions
(a)

y 11y 12 y 0, y (0) 1, y(0) 0

[16]

(b)

y 7 y t , y(0) 1

[8]

(8) Using the method of undetermined coefficients, solve

y 11y 28 y 2 cos x 4 sin x

[16]

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FORMULA SHEET for MATH1001

USEFUL TRIGONOMETRIC IDENTITIES
sin 2 cos 2 1
sin 2 1 cos 2

OR

cos 2 1 sin 2

tan 2 1 sec 2
cot 2 1 csc 2
sin 2 A 2 sin A cos A
cos 2 A cos 2 A sin 2 A 2 cos 2 A 1 1 2 sin 2 A
2 tan A
tan 2 A
1 tan 2 A
1
sin 2 (1 cos 2 )
2
1
cos 2 (1 cos 2 )
2

INTEGRATION OF TRIGONOMETRIC FUNCTIONS

sin udu cos u C

cos udu sin u C
tan udu ln cos u C ln sec u C
csc udu ln(csc u cot u) C
sec udu ln(sec u tan u) C
cot udu ln sin u C
sec udu tan u C
csc udu cot u C
sec u tan udu sec u C
csc u cot udu csc u C
2

REDUCTION OF ORDER
y p( x) y q( x) y 0
1 Pdx
u 2e
y1

y 2 y1 udx

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VARIATION OF PARAMETERS
y p( x) y q( x) y r ( x)
y r
yr
y p y1 2 d x y 2 1 dx
W
W
W y1 y 2 y 2 y1

TABLE OF LAPLACE TRANSFORMS

(a). L {1}

(b). Lt n

1
s

(c). Le at

, n 1,2,3...

a
s( s a)
a
(f). Lsin at 2 2
s a

s
s a2
2

a2
s( s 2 a 2 )
ba
(i). L e at e bt
( s a)(s b)
1
(k). Lte at
s a 2
s
(m). Le at (1 at )
( s a) 2

a3
s 2 (s 2 a 2 )
s ( a b)
(j). L ae at be bt
( s a)( s b)
n 1!
(l). Lt n1e at
s a n
sb
(n). L[(b a)t 1]e at
( s a) 2

(g). L1 cos at

s n 1

(d). L1 e at

1
sa

(e). Lcos at

n!

(h). Lat sin at

(o). Lsin at at cos at

2a 3
(s 2 a 2 ) 2

(p). Lt sin at

2as
(s a 2 ) 2
2

s2 a2
(s 2 a 2 ) 2
b
sa
(s). Le at sin bt
(t). Le at cos bt
2
2
( s a) b
( s a) 2 b 2
k
s
(u). Lsinh kt 2 2
(v). Lcosh kt 2 2
s k
s k
2
(w). L f (t ) sF (s) f (0)
(x). L f (t ) s F (s) sf (0) f (0)
( n)
n
n 1
n2
(y). L f (t ) s F (s) s f (0) s f (0)... sf ( n2) (0) f ( n1) (0)

(q). Lsin at at cos at

1
s

(z). L 0 f ( )d F (s)

2as 2
(s 2 a 2 ) 2

(r). Lt cos at

where F(s) = L{f(t)} =

st

f (t )dt

t 0

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CONVOLUTION THEOREM:
L f * g (t ) F (s) G(s)
t

f * g (t ) f (t u ) g (u )du g * f (t )
0

FIRST SHIFTING THEOREM

L e at f (t ) F (s a)

SECOND SHIFTING THEOREM

L{u(t-a ) f (t-a )} e -as L{ f (t )}
DIFFERENTIATION OF TRANSFORMS
L{tf (t )} F (s)
INTEGRATION OF TRANSFORMS

f (t )
~ ~
L
F ( s ) ds
t s

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