List No.

01
Problems proposed in the course of differential equations
Mechanical and Electrical Engineering

1. Problem. Find explicit particular solutions of the initial value problems in problems.

a) e)
dy dy 1
= 2x + 1; y(0) = 3 =√ ; y(2) = −1
dx dx x+2
b)
dy
= (x − 2)2 ; y(2) = 1 f)
dx
dy 10
c) = ; y(0) = 0
dy √ dx 1 + x2
= x; y(4) = 0
dx
g)
d)
dy 1 dy 1
= 2 ; y(1) = 5 =√ ; y(0) = 0
dx x dx 1 − x2

2. Separate Equations. Find general solutions (implicit if necessary, explicit if convenient) of

the differential equation in following equation.

a) f)
dy dy y
= sin 5x =−
dx dx x
b) g)
dy dy
= (x + 1)2 x = 4y
dx dx
c) h)
dS dy
= kS = e3x+2y
dr dx
d) i)
dQ dy √
= k(Q − 70) = 3 xy
dt dx
e) j)
dy x dy 1
=− =√ , y(0) = 0
dx y dx 1 − x2

3. Applications. Find the position function x(t) of a particle moving with a given acceleration
a(t); consider initial position x0 = x(0), and initial velocity v0 = v(0).

a) b)

a(t) = 50, v0 = 10, x0 = 20 a(t) = 3t, v0 = 5, x0 = 0

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 c) d)

a(t) = 4(t + 3)2 , v0 = −1, x0 = 1 a(t) = 50 sin 5t, v0 = −10, x0 = 8

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