Query 01

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course MTH 279

6/16/13 10:47pmHaven't been able to keep up with work as I intended to because of 2 jobs however next week conditions will have changed and I should be able to complete everything in a timely manner.

Section 2.2

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Question: 1. Solve the following equations with the given initial conditions:

1. y ' - 2 y = 0, y(1) - 3

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Your solution:

y = C e^ (- int(2 dt)

= C e^ (-2t)

3 = C e^ (-2(1)) Plug in initial condition

3 = C e^ (-2)

C = 3 / e^(-2)

y = (3 / e^(-2)) e^(-2t) Plug C into general solution to determine the particular solution

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If you plug your function into the equation and simplify you don't get zero.

The p(t) function is -2, so the negative of the integral is +2.

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Given Solution:

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Self-critique (if necessary): Doesn't seem to be very clean, might be in the initial condition but I don't feel very comfortable with the answer

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Self-critique rating: 3

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Question: 2. t^2 y ' - 9 y = 0, y(1) = 2.

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Your solution:

y = C e^ (- int(9 / t^2 dt))

= C e^ (- (- 9 / t))

= C e^ (9 / t)

2 = C e^(9 / 1) Plug in initial condition

2 = C e^(9)

C = 2 / e^(9)

y = (2 / e^(9)) e^(9 / t) Plug C into general solution to determine the particular solution

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Given Solution:

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Self-critique (if necessary): Same critique as number 1

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Self-critique rating: 3

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Question: 3. (t^2 + t) y' + (2t + 1) y = 0, y(0) = 1.

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Your solution:

y = C e^(- int((2t+1)/(t^2 + t) dt)

y = C e^(- ln(t) - ln(t+1)) This solution can not be right, when plugging a 0 in ln(t) you get undefined, what am I missing here???

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You're not missing anything, except the fact that the initial condition is impossible.

ln | 0 | is undefined.

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Given Solution:

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Self-critique (if necessary):

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Question: 4. y ' + sin(3 t) y = 0, y(0) = 2.

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Your solution:

y = C e^(- int(sin(3t) dt))

y = C e^(cos(3t) / 3)

2 = C e^(cos(3(0)) / 3) Plug in initial condition

2 = C e^(1 / 3) Cos(0) is equal to 1

C = 2 / e^(1 / 3)

y = (2 / e^(1 / 3)) e^(cos(3t) / 3) Plug C into general solution to determine the particular solution

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Given Solution:

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Self-critique (if necessary): Solution still looks wrong, but I don't think I am doing the math wrong, because when I work the problems from the book I find the right answer

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Self-critique rating: 3

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Question: 5. Match each equation with one of the direction fields shown below, and explain why you chose as you did.

y ' - t^2 y = 0

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E, the only direction field where the slope changes to zero and then back to what it began as, this is due to the t^2 not be affected by negative numbers so it makes sense the left and right hand side will be the same

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y ' - y = 0

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A, the only direction field where the slope stays the same across the t axis, this is due to the equation not having a t in it

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y' - y / t = 0

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C, because y' = y / t, the slopes will be getting smaller and smaller due to t growing faster than y

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y ' - t y = 0

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B, because when finding the slope, y' = t y, in the first quadrant the slopes will be positive and the fourth quadrant negative

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y ' + t y = 0

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F, because y' = -t y, in the first quadrant the slopes will be negative and the fourth quadrant negative

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6. The graph of y ' + b y = 0 passes through the points (1, 2) and (3, 8). What is the value of b?

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Your solution:

We will use the rise / run method to find our slope or rather y'

(8-2) / (3-1) = 3 = y' plug this into the original

3 = -b y We will use the point (3,8) to solve for b

3 = -b (8)

b = - 3 / 8

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(8-2) / (3-1) is the average slope between the points. However it is not relevant because the solution of that equation is an exponential function, which is not linear.

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What is the general solution to y ' + b y = 0?

You have two undetermined constants in that solution. Each of the two given points, substituted into your general solution, gives you an equation, so you get two linear equations in two unknowns. You solve those equations for the unknowns, which gives you the desired solution.

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Given Solution:

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Self-critique (if necessary): I am unsure of the answer to this problem as well, thinking about it y' is most likely correct but my approach to finding b is off in my opinion seeing as which ever of the y - coordinates you plug in will change the final answer.

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Self-critique rating: 2

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Question:

7. The equation y ' - y = 2 is first-order linear, but is not homogeneous.

If we let w(t) = y(t) + 2, then:

What is w ' ?

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w' = (2+y) + 2 We get 2 + y from y'

= 4 + y

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What is y(t) in terms of w(t)?

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y(t) = w(t) - 2

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What therefore is the equation y ' - y = 2, written in terms of the function w and its derivative w ' ?

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() - w + 2 = 2

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The equation is

y ' - y = 2

and y(t) = w(t) - 2, as you indicate.

What therefore do you get if you replace y in the equation with y(t) = w(t) - 2?

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Now solve the equation and check your solution:

Solve this new equation in terms of w.

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Here I would solve for a general solution using integrating factors or the general solution equation for non-homogeneous equations

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Substitute y + 2 for w and get the solution in terms of y.

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Take the solution found in previous step and sub in y + 2 for w which would set it equal to the general solution and then substract 2 from both sides

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Check to be sure this function is indeed a solution to the equation.

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Your solution:

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Given Solution:

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Self-critique (if necessary): None

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Question: 8. The graph below is a solution of the equation y ' - b y = 0 with initial condition y(0) = y_0. What are the values of y_0 and b?

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Your solution:

Looking at the graph it is easy to see that y(0) = y_0 is equal to 1 which is also our C value

We can approximate b by using the point (-1, 0.5)

y = e^(-b t)

0.5 = e^(-b (-1))

0.5 = e^(b) take ln of both sides

ln(0.5) = ln(e^(b))

b = - 0.69

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Given Solution:

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Self-critique (if necessary): Solution is probably wrong but I decided to give it a try

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