REVIEW FOR MT3

MATH 2373, FALL 2016

PROF. GREG ANDERSON

This list of problems is not guaranteed to be an absolutely complete review. For

completeness you must also make sure that you know how to do all of the homework
assigned in the course up to and including that due on November 29 (except for
the last homework problem about the two-mass-and-three-spring system), and all
the worksheet problems through week 12, with emphasis on weeks 912.
An answer key for these review problems will be posted by Wednesday afternoon
of Week 13 on the course web page.
The two-mass-and-three-spring system will NOT appear on MT3 but is fair game
for the final exam.
Wednesday and Thursday of Week 13 will be devoted to review for MT3.
The table of Laplace transforms supplied with this review sheet is the
same as will be supplied on MT3 and on the final.
Note that Appendix PF of the textbook provides help with partial fractions.
To study under typical test conditions, here are the ground rules. You may use
matrix addition, inversion and multiplication functions on your calculator along
with det and rref functions, but you must indicate clearly where and how you used
these calculator functionsotherwise your answers would be considered unjustified
and get little credit. Other more sophisticated calculator functions, e.g., those
finding eigenvalues and eigenvectors, are not allowed to justify your work. All
algebra and calculus work (except for the matrix functions specifically allowed above

and the typical scientific calculator functions +, , , , , log, etc.) must be
performed by hand and shown clearly.

Problem 1
Solve the following IVPs:
 0        
x 7 2 x x(0) 1
= , =
y0 6 0 y y(0) 1

x0
       
29 20 x x(0) 30
= =,
y0 52 35 y y(0) 41
0

x 2 3 7 x x(0) 4
y 0 = 2 9 1 y , y(0) = 4
z 14 3 5 z z(0) 2
For the last IVP we tell you that the eigenvalues are 12, 6, 12.

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Problem 2
Find L{(t + 1)2 e3t } using the table of Laplace transforms supplied with this
review sheet.

Problem 3
Let

1 for 0 t < 1,
f (t) = 1 for 1 t < 2,
0 for t 2.

Find L{f (t)} by any method learned in class.

Problem 4
Solve the following IVP
 0          
x 3 2 x t 12 x(0) 24
= +e , =
y0 0 5 y 24 y(0) 36

by any method learned in class.

Problem 5
47s17 2s+7
Find the inverse Laplace transforms of s2 +8s+41 and (s+1)2 (s+2) .

Problem 6
37s+23 37s+23
Find the inverse Laplace transforms of (s+5)(s2 +4s+13) and (s+3)(s+5)(s+6) .

Problem 7
We consider two brine tanks. Initially:
Tank A contains 150 gallons of water and 37 pounds of salt.
Tank B contains 250 gallons of water and 43 pounds of salt.
Starting at time t = 0:
lb gal
Brine at a concentration 3 gal of salt is pumped at 5 min into tank A.
gal
Brine is pumped from tank A to tank B at a rate of 5 min .
lb gal
Brine at a concentration 2 gal of salt is pumped at 7 min into tank B.
gal
Brine is dumped down the drain from tank B at 12 min .
Note that the amount of water in each tank remains constant. The brine is kept
well-mixed at all times. Let x and y denote the amounts of salt in tanks A and B,
respectively. Write down the IVP determining x and y for all times t. You do not
have to solve the IVP.
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Problem 8
Decouple the system
 0          
x 1 2 x t 2 x(0) 8
= + e , = .
y0 3 4 y 3 y(0) 5
 
1 2
Firstly, diagonalize the coefficient matrix A = , i.e., find invertible P and
3 4
   
x u
diagonal D such that AP = P D. Secondly, make the substitution =P
y w
and simplify until you get a pair of decoupled IVPs for u and w. Then STOP.
You do not have to complete the solution of the given IVP. Dont forget the three
equations for diagonalization, any one of which implies the other two, provided that
P is invertible (which it should be): AP = P D, P 1 AP = D and A = P DP 1 .

Problem 9
Begin the process of solving the following IVP using Laplace transforms.
 0          
x 1 2 x 1 x(0) 7
= + , =
y0 3 4 y 2 y(0) 4
Continue until you have solved for X(s) = L(x(t)) and Y (s) = L(y(t)) by us-
ing Cramers Rule. After using Cramers Rule you do not have to simplify your
expressions for X(s) and Y (s) further. You do not have to find partial fraction
expansions for X(s) or Y (s). You do not have to compute the inverse Laplace
transforms x(t) = L1 (X(s)) and L1 (Y (s)) = y(t).

Problem 10
Solve the following IVP using Laplace transforms:
y 00 + 0.4y 0 = 32, y(0) = 500, y 0 (0) = 100.

Problem 11
Solve the following IVP using Laplace transforms:
y 00 + 7y 0 + 12y = 6H(t 5), y(0) = 2, y 0 (0) = 3.

Problem 12
Let
f (t) = (t 3)H(t 1) + (t2 1)H(t 2) (t2 + t)H(t 4).
Express f (t) as a piecewise-defined function and graph it.

Problem 13
Find the Laplace transform of

t t2 for 0 t < 2,
f (t) = 7 + t2 for 2 t < 4,
8 for t 4.

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Problem 14
Find the inverse Laplace transform f (t) of
F (s) = es /s + 2e2s /s2 + 5e3s /s 4e5s /s2 ,
rewrite f (t) in piecewise form and sketch its graph.

Problem 15
Find the inverse Laplace transforms of the following:

5s 9 e7s
e5s ,
s2 + 14s + 53 (s 5)2
Problem 16
Convert the IVP
2y 00 + 20y 0 + 58y = 200 cos(7t) 700 sin(7t), y(0) = 2, y 0 (0) = 29
to an IVP for a system of first order equations.
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Table of Laplace transforms

Z
f (t) L{f (t)} = F (s) = est f (t) dt
0
af (t) + bg(t) aL{f (t)} + bL{g(t)} = aF (s) + bG(s)

1 1/s
t 1/s2
tn n!/sn+1
eat 1/(s a)
teat 1/(s a)2
tn eat n!/(s a)n+1

b
sin bt
s2 + b2
s
cos bt
s2 + b2
b
eat sin bt
(s a)2 + b2

sa
eat cos bt
(s a)2 + b2

tf (t) F 0 (s)
eat f (t) F (s a)
f 0 (t) sF (s) f (0)
f 00 (t) s2 F (s) sf (0) f 0 (0)
H(t a) eas /s
as
f (t a)H(t a) e F (s)
f (t)H(t a) eas L{f (t + a)}
(t) 1
(t a) eas

Note: We write H(t) = step(t) to abbreviate. (H is for Heaviside.)