ANSWERS

Exam 1 Review

Part I. y is/is not a solution.

1. Both are solutions.
2. Both are solutions.
3. y1 is a solution, y2 is not.
4. Both are solutions.
5. y is a solution.
Part II. Find the differential equation.
1. 2xyy 0 = 3y 2 + 6.
2. x2y 00 xy 0 3y = 0.
3. y 00 + 4y 0 + 4y = 0.
4. xy 00 2y 0 = 0.
Part III. Identify.
1. Separable
2. Separable
3. Homogeneous
4. Bernoulli
5. Linear
6. Separable
7. Bernoulli
Part IV. First order linear equations.
1. y = 12 x2 sin 2x + Cx2 .
2. y =

Cx
.
1 + x2

3. y = x(ln x)2 + Cx.

4. y =

ex
ex
2

+ 3.
2
3
x
x
x
1

Part V. Separable equations.

2

1. y 2 = 1 + Cex .
2. ey =

ex

1
.
xex + C

3. ln |y 2 1| = x2 2x + C.
4. y = C ln x.
5. y + ln |y| = 13 x3 x 5.
Part VI. Applications.
1. 1. y 2 + 2x = C.
2. 2. y 3 = 3x + C.
3. (i) V (t) = 200(4/5)t/4. (ii) V (t) = 200(4/5)t
4. (a) A(t) = 50(9/10)t/2.
5. (a) 1/27 sq. cm.
6. (a) 40.1.
7. (a)

2/16

. (iii) V (t) =

(b) A(4) = 50(9/10)2.

(b) T =

h

i2


2 10 5 2 t + 200

(c) 13.16 hrs.

4 ln 2
.
ln 3

(b) 1.62 min.

dP
= k(M P ).
dt

(b) P (t) = M M (7/10)t/10.

(c) t =

10 ln(1/10)
.
ln(7/10)

Part VII. Second order linear equations.

1. (i) y1 = x4 , y2 = x2 .
2. (a) r1 = 4, r2 = 1.

(ii) y = C1 x4 + C2 x2 .
(b) y = C1 x4 + C2 x1 .

3. (a) y1 = x + 1, y2 = x2 + x + 2.

(c) y =

1
5

x4 + 95 x1 .

(b) y = C1 (x + 1) + C2 (x2 + x + 2).

Part VIII. Homogeneous equations with constant coefficients.

1. y = C1 ex + C2 xex .
2. y = C1 e5x + C2 e3x .
3. y = ex (C1 cos 2x + C2 sin 2x).
4. y = ex cos x.
5. y = 7e2(x+1) + 5xe2(x+1) .
6. y 00 + 6y 0 + 13y = 0.
7. y 00 + (4 )y 0 4y = 0, any real number.
8. y 00 8y 0 + 16y = 0.

(d) y 0.