POKHARA UNIVERSITY
Level: Bachelor Semester: Spring Year : 2024
Programme: BE Full Marks : 100
Course: Engineering Mathematics II Pass Marks : 45
Time : 3 hrs.
Candidates are required to give their answers in their own words as far
as practicable.
The figures in the margin indicate full marks.
Attempt all the questions.
1. a) Find the co-ordinate of the foot of perpendicular from the origin in the 7
straight-line x+2y+3z+4=0, x+y+z+1=0.
OR
Find the magnitude and equation of the shortest distance between the
𝑥−5 7−𝑦 𝑧−9 𝑥−9 𝑦−13 15−𝑧
lines = = and = = .
3 16 7 3 8 5
b) Find the equation of the sphere through the circle x2+y2+z2=1, 8
2x+4y+5z=6 and touching the plane 𝑦 = 0.
2. a) State Euler's theorem for partial derivatives of homogeneous function 7
𝑥+𝑦
of two variables. If u(x, y) = sin−1 ( 𝑥+ 𝑦) show that
√ √
𝜕𝑢 𝜕𝑢 1
x𝜕𝑥 + y𝜕𝑦 = 2 tanu.
b) Find the dimension of the rectangular box, open at top of maximum 8
capacity whose surface area is 423sq units.
3. 𝑒 −𝑦 7
a) Sketch the region of integration of ∫0 ∫𝑥 𝑑𝑦 𝑑𝑥,and evaluate by
𝑦
interchanging the order of integration.
b) Find the volume of the solid whose base is the region in the xy-plane 8
that is bounded by the parabola y=4-x2 and line y=3x while the top of
the solid is bounded by the plane z=x+4.
4. a) Solve xy’+y = y2log x 7
𝑒𝑥 8
b) Solve y''- y' + 4y = by the method of variation of parameter.
𝑥
5. a) Find a power series solution of a differential equation: y" – 4y = 0. 7
b) Find the general solution of y" + 2 y' +2y = 4 e-x sec3x. 8
6. a) State and prove first shifting theorem of Laplace transform. Also 8
𝑠𝑒 −2𝑠
calculate the inverse Laplace transform of 𝑠2 +𝜋2 .
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b) Solve the following initial value problem by using Laplace transform: 7
x′′ + 2x′ + 5x = 𝑒 𝑡 𝑠𝑖𝑛𝑡, x(0) = 0, x′(0) = 1
7. Attempt all the questions. 2.5×4
a) Find the equation of the line passing through the (1, 5, 3) and
perpendicular to the plane 2x + 3y + 7z = 0.
b) Find the cosine angle between the planes x+2y +3z =4 and
3x +4y +5z =10.
c) Solve: (𝑥 2 + 𝑥𝑦 2 )𝑑𝑥 + (𝑥 2 𝑦 + 𝑦 2 )𝑑𝑦 = 0
d) Find Laplace transform of e-2t cost.
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