FACULTY OF SCIENCE, ARTS AND HERITAGE

UNIVERSITI TUN HUSSEIN ONN MALAYSIA

BWM10203/ BSM 1923

TUTORIAL 2

Second order ordinary differential equation with constant coefficients

Homogenous equation
1.

Find the general solution of each differential equation below.

1
5
d2 y
dy
(a)
4 2 12 5 y 0 (Answer: y Ae 2 x Be 2 x )
dx
dx
2
d y
dy
(b)
4
13 y (Answer: y e 2 x ( A sin 3 x B cos 3x ) )
2
dx
dx
2
d y
(c)
9 y 0 (Answer: y A sin 3 x B cos 3 x )
dx 2
y y y 0 (Answer: y Ae x /2 cos ( 3 x / 2) Be x /2 sin ( 3 x / 2) )
(d)
16 y 8 y 145 y 0 (Answer: y Ae x /4 cos (3x ) Be x /4 sin (3 x) )
(e)

2.

Solve the initial-value problems below.

y 4 y 29 y 0, y (0) 0, y (0) 5 (Answer: y e 2 x sin 5 x )
(a)
y 4 y 5 y 0, y (0) 0, y(0) 0 (Answer: y e 2 x cos x 2e 2 x sin x )
(b)
y 2 y 5 y 0, y ( / 2) 0, y( / 2) 2 (Answer: y e x /2 sin 2 x )
(c)

Nonhomogenous equations
Undetermined coefficients
1.

Find the general solution of each differential equation below.

d2 y
dy
(a)
3 4 x 2 2 y (Answer: y Ae x Be 2 x 2 x 2 6 x 7 )
2
dx
dx

2
y
5 y 6sin 2 x 7 cos 2 x (Answer: y e x ( A sin 2 x B cos 2 x) 2sin 2 x cos 2 x )
(b)
(c)
(d)
(e)

2.

d 2 y dy

6 y 10e 2 x 18e3 x 6 x 11 (Answer: y Ae 2 x Be 3 x 2 xe 2 x 3e3 x x 2 )

2
dx
dx
y 2 y 3 y 3e 2 x (Answer: y Ae3 x Be x e 2 x )
1
1
y y 4 y 2sinh x (Answer: y Ae x /2 cos ( 15 x / 2) Be x /2 sin ( 15 x / 2) e x e x )
6
4
x
x
e e
Hint: sinh x
2

Solve the initial-value problems below.

(a)
(b)
(c)

9 x 25 x 1 2 3
3
e e x x ex )
28
8
4
4
2
2
1
y 2 y 3 y 3 xe 2 x , y (0) 1, y(0) 0 (Answer: y e x e3 x 2 3 x e 2 x )
3
3
x
y 2 y 5 y 4e cos 2 x, y (0) 1, y(0) 0
y y 3 x 2 e x ,

y (0) 1,

y (0) 2 (Answer: y

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(Answer: y

1 x
e sin 2 x e x cos 2 x xe x sin 2 x )
2

Variation of parameters
1.

Find the general solution of each differential equation below.

d2x
(a)
x cot t (Answer: y A sin x B cos x sin x (ln | cos x cot x |) )
dt 2
d2 y
dy
5 x 3 e x x 3 e x ln x
x
x
x
(b)
(Answer:
)

xe
ln
x
(
x

0)
y

Ae

Bxe

dx
36
6
dx 2
d2 y
dy
e x sin 1 x x 2 e x sin 1 x 3 xe x 1 x 2
x
1
x
x
(c)
(Answer:
)

e
sin
x
y

Ae

Bxe

dx
dx 2
4
2
4
d2 y
1
cos 2 x
(d)
(Answer:
)

A
sin
x

B
cos
x

sin
x
(ln
|
1

sin
x
|)

x
cos
x

1 sin x
1 sin x
dx 2
(e)

3
y 4 y 3csc t (Answer: y A sin 2t B cos 2t 3sin t ln | csc t cot t | sin 2t )
2

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