MATB143

Semester 2, 2013/2014

COLLEGE OF ENGINEERING
PUTRAJAYA CAMPUS
TEST 3
SEMESTER 2

2013 / 2014

PROGRAMME

: Bachelor of Engineering (Honours)

SUBJECT CODE

: MATB 143

SUBJECT

: Differential Equations

DATE

: January 2014

TIME

: 2 hours

INSTRUCTIONS TO CANDIDATES:
1.

This paper contains SIX (6) questions in TWO (2) pages.

2.

Answer all questions.

3.

Write all answers in the answer booklet provided.

4.

Write the answer to each question on a new page.

5.

A formula sheet on basic derivatives and integrals is attached with this question paper.

6.

A table of Laplace transform is also provided.

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THIS QUESTION PAPER CONSISTS OF 5 PRINTED PAGES INCLUDING THIS

COVER PAGE.
Question 1 [16 marks]
Find two linearly independent power series solutions about x 0 for the given differential
equation:

y (1 x) y 0
(Write down only the first three non-zero terms for each power series solution.)
Question 2 [12 marks]
(a) Use the table of Laplace Transform to find the Laplace Transform of

f (t ) t 2 e t t sin t
2

(b)

[5 marks]

Find the inverse Laplace Transform of

F (s)

1
2
3
3s 1 s 4 s

[7 marks]

[6 marks]

Question 3 [13 marks]

Evaluate the following:
(a)

t 2

(b)

u t 2 e t 1u t 4

se2 s

2
s 8s 25

[7 marks]

Question 4 [13 marks]

(a)

Without evaluating the integral, find

(b)

t 2
e (t )sinh(t ) d
0

[4marks]

Use the Laplace Transform to solve the following integrodifferential equation.

t

y(t ) sin t y ( ) cos(t ) d ,

0

y(0) 1

Question 5 [13 marks]

Use the Laplace transform to solve the following initial-value problem.
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[9 marks]

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y 7 y 6 y u (t 2) (t ),

y (0) 0,

y(0) 1

Question 6 [13 marks]

Figure 1 shows a periodic triangular waveform of a voltage source, v(t ) , appearing in an R-C
series circuit. It has a peak value of 4 volts and a period of T seconds.

v(t )
4

Figure 1
(a) Determine the period, T , of the voltage source.

[1 mark]

(b) Determine v(t ) in the indicated intervals.

_____ , 0 t 2
_____ , 2 t 4

v (t )

and v (t T ) v(t ) , for t 4 .

[3

marks]
(c) Find the Laplace Transform of the periodic function by using the unit step function.
[9
marks]

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Formulas for Derivatives and Integrals ( u f ( x) , v g ( x) , f and g are differentiable functions)

Derivatives
1.
2.

3.

4.

d
du
(u n ) n u n 1
dx
dx , n
d
dv
du
(uv ) u
v
dx
dx
dx

Power rule:
Product rule:

du
dv
v
u
d u
dx
dx
2
dx v

v
Quotient rule:
dy dy du

dx du dx , y f (u )
Chain rule:

10.

d
du
cos u sin u
dx
dx

11.

d
du
tan u sec2 u
dx
dx

12.

d
du
cot u csc2 u
dx
dx

13.

5.

d
(c ) 0,
dx

6.

d u
du
(e ) e u
dx
dx

7.

d
du
(a u ) a u ln a
dx
dx ,

8.

d
1 du
ln u
dx
u dx

17.

9.

d
du
sin u cos u
dx
dx

18.

c is any constant

14.
15.

a0

16.

d
du
sec u sec u tan u
dx
dx
d
du
csc u csc u cot u
dx
dx

d
1
sin 1 u
dx
1 u2
d
1
cos 1 u
dx
1 u2

du
dx
du
dx

d
1 du
tan 1 u
dx
1 u 2 dx
d
1
du
sec 1 u
dx
u u 2 1 dx

Integrals
1.

Integration by parts:
u n1
c,
n 1

u dv uv v du

10.

sec u tan u du sec u c

n 1

11.

csc u cot u du csc u c

2.

3.

u du ln u c

12.

tan u du ln cos u c ln sec u c

4.

du e u c

13.

cot u du ln sin u c

5.

du

14.

sec u du ln sec u tan u c

6.

sin u du cos u c

15.

csc u du ln csc u cot u c

7.

cos u du sin u c

16.

8.

sec

17.

a 2 u 2 du a tan

du

au
c
ln a
, a0

u du tan u c

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u
du sin 1 c
a
a u
1

u
a c

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9.

csc

u du cot u c

18.

1
2

u a

du

1
u
sec1 c
a
a

Table of Laplace Transforms

f (t )

f (t ) F ( s)

1.

1
s

2.

1
s2

13.

e at sinh kt

f (t )

k
(s a)2 k 2

f (t ) F ( s)

3.

tn

n!
s n 1 , n a positive integer

14.

e at cosh kt

sa
( s a)2 k 2

4.

sin kt

k
s k2

15.

t sin kt

2ks
( s k 2 )2

5.

cos kt

s
2
s k2

16.

t cos kt

s2 k 2
( s 2 k 2 )2

6.

e at

1
sa

17.

t sinh kt

2ks
(s k 2 )2

7.

sinh kt

k
2
s k2

18.

t cosh kt

s2 k 2
( s 2 k 2 )2

8.

cosh kt

s
s k2

19.

e at f (t )

F (s a)

9.

teat

1
(s a) 2

20.

u (t a )

e as
s

n!
,
( s a)n 1

21.

f (t a ) u (t a )

e as F ( s )

k
( s a) 2 k 2

22.

g (t ) u (t a )

e as {g (t a )}

sa
( s a) 2 k 2

23.

f ( n ) (t )

10.

11.

12.

n at

t e

e at sin kt

at

e cos kt

n a positive integer

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s n F ( s) s n1 f (0) ...
... f ( n 1) (0)

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t n f (t )

24.

25.

t
0

f ( ) g (t ) d

(1)n

dn
F ( s)
ds n

26.

F ( s )G ( s )

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(t t0 )

e st0