Indian Institute of Technology Jodhpur
MAL1020
Tutorial Sheet 7
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1. Find the general solution of the following differential equations:
d2 y dy
(a) dx2
− 2 dx − 8y = 0.
d3 y 2
d y dy
(b) dx3
− 2 dx2 − 4 dx + 8y = 0.
d4 y 3
d y 2
d y dy
(c) dx4
− 5 dx3 + 6 dx2 + 4 dx − 8y = 0.
2. For certain values of the constant m, the function f defined by f (x) = emx is a solution of
the differential equation
d3 y d2 y dy
3
− 3 2
− 4 + 12y = 0.
dx dx dx
Determine all such values of m.
3. Solve the following non homogeneous linear differential equations with constant coefficients
(without method of undetermined coefficient) :
(a) y ′′ − 3y ′ + 2y = e5x
(b) y ′′ − y = 2 + 5x
(c) y ′′ − 2y ′ + 5y = e−x
(d) y ′′′ + 3y ′′ + 3y ′ + y = e−x
4. Show that the first-order differential equation
dy
+ |y| + 1 = 0
dx
has no real solutions.
5. Show that the first-order differential equation
2
dy
− 4y = 0
dx
has a one-parameter family of solutions of the form f (x) = (x + c)2 , where c is a constant.
6. (Method of undetermined coefficients) Solve the following differential equations:
d2 y dy
(a) dx2
− 2 dx − 3y = 2e4x .
d2 y dy
(b) dx2
− 3 dx + 2y = x2 ex .
1
d2 y dy
(c) dx2
− 6 dx + 8y = x3 + x + e−2x .
7. Solve following problems using method of undetermined coefficients:
(a) y ′′ − 4y ′ − 12y = 3e5x
(b) y ′′ − 4y ′ − 12y = sin(2x)
(c) y ′′ − 4y ′ − 12y = 2x3 − x + 3
(d) y ′′ − 4y ′ − 12y = xe4x
(e) y ′′ − 4y ′ − 12y = e6x
8. Figure out the form of particular solution of the given differential equations using method of
undetermined coefficients:
(a) y ′′ + 3y ′ − 28y = 7x + e−7x − 1
(b) y ′′ − 100y = 9x2 e10x + cos(x) − xsin(x)
(c) 4y ′′ + y = e−2x sin( x2 ) + 6xcos( x2 )
(d) 4y ′′ + 16y ′ + 17y = e−2x sin( x2 ) + 6xcos( x2 )
(e) y ′′ + 8y ′ + 16y = e−4x + (x2 + 5)e−4x
9. Solve following first order differential equations:
dy 2 dy
(a) dx
− 7 dx + 12 = 0
dy 3 dy 2 dy 2 dy
(b) dx
+ 2x dx − y2 dx
− 2xy dx =0
dy 2 dy
(c) dx
+ 2ycot(x) dx = y2
dy 2
(d) dx
− ax3 = 0
10. Solve the following differential equations:
dy dy
(a) Show that a solution of equation y = x dx
+f dx
is of form y = cx + f (c) for some c.
dy dy
(b) dx = log(x dx − y)
dy dy dy
(c) cos(y)sin(x dx ) = sin(y)cos(x dx )+ dx
dy dy 2
(d) y = (1 + dx )x + dx
dy 2 dy
(e) xy 2 (2 + dx ) = 2y 3 dx + x3