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1.2E: Basic Concepts (Exercises)

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    1. Find the order of the equation.

    a. \( {d^2y\over dx^2}+2 {dy\over dx}\ {d^3y\over dx^3}+x=0\)

    b. \(y''-3y'+2y=x^7\)

    c. \(y'-y^7=0\)

    d. \(y''y-(y')^2=2\)

     

    2. Verify that the function is a solution of the differential equation on some interval, for any choice of the arbitrary constants appearing in the function.

    a.  \(y= {x^2\over3} +{c\over x}; \quad xy'+y=x^2\)

    b.  \(y= {1\over2}+ce^{-x^2}; \quad y'+2xy=x\)

    c.  \(y= {\tan\left( {x^3\over3}+c\right)}; \quad y'=x^2(1+y^2)\)

    d.  \(y=x^{-1/2}(c_1\sin x+c_2 \cos x)+4x+8\); \(x^2y''+xy'+ {\left(x^2-{1\over4}\right)}y=4x^3+8x^2+3x-2\)

     

    3. Find all solutions of the equation.

    a.  \(y'=-x\)                  

    b.  \(y''=x \cos x\)

    c.  \(y'''=7e^{4x}\)

     

    4. Solve the initial value problem.

    a.  \(y'=-xe^x, \quad y(0)=1\)

    b.  \( {y'=x \sin(x^2), \quad y\left({\sqrt{\pi\over2}}\right)=1}\)

    c.  \(y'''=2+\sin(2x), \quad y(0)=1, \quad y'(0)=-6, \quad y''(0)=3\)

     

    5. Verify that the function is a solution of the initial value problem.

    a.  \( {y={2\over x-2}; \quad y'={-y(y+1)\over x}}, \quad y(1)=-2\)

    b.  \(y= {x^2\over3}+x-1; \quad y''= {x^2-xy'+y+1\over x^2}, \quad y(1)= {1\over3}, \quad y'(1)= {5\over3}\)

     

    6. Suppose an object is launched from a point 320 feet above the earth with an initial velocity of 128 ft/sec upward, and the only force acting on it thereafter is gravity. Take \(g=32\) ft/sec\(^2\).

    1. Find the highest altitude attained by the object.
    2. Determine how long it takes for the object to fall to the ground.

     

    7. Verify that \[\begin{aligned}y= \left\{ \begin{array}{cl} e^x-1,& x \ge 0, \\[6pt] 1-e^{-x},& x < 0, \end{array}\right.\end{aligned}\]

    is a solution of

    \[\begin{aligned}y'=|y|+1\end{aligned}\] on \((-\infty,\infty)\).

     


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