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Enggmath 5 Midterm Problem Set

The document is a midterm problem set for an engineering mathematics course, covering topics such as Newton's Law of Cooling, chemical conversion, radioactive decay, and linear equations with constant coefficients. It includes specific problems requiring calculations and solutions based on given conditions and parameters. Students are instructed to present their work clearly and organize their solutions appropriately.

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Enggmath 5 Midterm Problem Set

The document is a midterm problem set for an engineering mathematics course, covering topics such as Newton's Law of Cooling, chemical conversion, radioactive decay, and linear equations with constant coefficients. It includes specific problems requiring calculations and solutions based on given conditions and parameters. Students are instructed to present their work clearly and organize their solutions appropriately.

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Enggmath 5

MIDTERM PROBLEM SET

DIRECTION: Read and understand each item. Copy the problems on your paper, write the
given, illustrate the problem if necessary, and solve for what is required. Present your
solutions in an organized manner. Write legibly. Box and highlight all final answers with
correct units. Use A4, follow new format of margins and use front page only.

Page 1 | Newton’s Law of Cooling and Chemical Conversion


1. At 9am a thermometer reading 70° F is taken outdoors where the temperature is 15°
F. At 9:05am the thermometer reading is 45° F. At 9:10am the thermometer is taken
back indoors where the temperature is fixed at 70° F. Assume here that the constant
of proportionality is the same whether the temperature is increasing or decreasing.
Find (a) the reading at 9:20am and (b) when the reading, to the nearest degree, will
show the correct (70° F) indoor temperature.
2. For a substance 𝐶 the time rate of conversion is proportional to the square of the
amount 𝑥 of unconverted substance. Let k be the numerical value of the constant of
proportionality and let the amount of unconverted substance be 𝑥0 at time 𝑡 = 0.
Determine 𝑥 for all 𝑡 ≧ 0.

Page 3 | Radioactive Decay


3. Radium decomposes at a rate proportional to the quantity of radium present.
Suppose that it is found that in 25 years approximately 1.1 percent of a certain
quantity of radium has decomposed. Determine approximately how long it will take
for one-half the original amount of radium to decompose.
4. A certain radioactive substance has a half-life of 38 hr. Find how long it takes for 90
percent of the radioactivity to be dissipated.
Page 4 | Linear Equations with Constant Coefficients
5. Find for 𝑥 = 1 the y value for the particular solution required:
(𝐷3 − 2𝐷2 − 5𝐷 + 6)𝑦 = 0; when 𝑥 = 0, 𝑦 = 1, 𝑦′ = −7, and 𝑦" = −1.
6. Find for 𝑥 = 2 the y value for the particular solution required:
(𝐷3 + 5𝐷2 + 3𝐷 − 9)𝑦 = 0; when 𝑥 = 0, 𝑦 = −1, when 𝑥 = 1, 𝑦 = 0, and also as
𝑥 → ∞ , 𝑦 → 0.

Page 5 | Linear Equations with Constant Coefficients


7. Find the particular solution indicated:
(𝐷3 + 𝐷2 + 4𝐷 + 4)𝑦 = 0; when 𝑥 = 0, 𝑦 = 0, 𝑦 ′ = −1, and 𝑦 ′′ = −5.
8. Find the particular solution indicated:
𝑑2𝑥 𝑑𝑥 𝑑𝑥
+ 2𝑏 𝑑𝑡 + 𝑘 2 𝑥 = 0, 𝑘 > 𝑏 > 0; when 𝑡 = 0, 𝑥 = 0, and 𝑑𝑡 = 𝑣0 .
𝑑𝑡 2

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