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The document provides instructions for solving 5 problems: 1) Find the solution to an initial value problem involving Laplace transforms and sketch the graph. 2) Find the Laplace transform of a piecewise function. 3) Find the inverse Laplace transform of a function. 4) Solve an initial value problem involving the Dirac delta function and sketch the solution graph. 5) Compute the determinant of a matrix and determine when it is invertible.

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Questions On Laplace

The document provides instructions for solving 5 problems: 1) Find the solution to an initial value problem involving Laplace transforms and sketch the graph. 2) Find the Laplace transform of a piecewise function. 3) Find the inverse Laplace transform of a function. 4) Solve an initial value problem involving the Dirac delta function and sketch the solution graph. 5) Compute the determinant of a matrix and determine when it is invertible.

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Name : Instructions. Answer each of the questions on your own paper.

Put your name on each page of your paper. Be sure to show your work so that partial credit can be adequately assessed. Credit will not be given for answers (even correct ones) without supporting work. A copy of the Table of Laplace transforms from the text will be provided. 1. [15 Points] Find the unique solution of the initial value problem y + 2y + 10y = 0, y (0) = 0, y (0) = 6. Is the equation under damped or over damped? Do es y (t) = 0 for some t > 0? If so, find the first t > 0 for which y (t) = 0. Carefully sketch the graph of your solution for 0 = t = the interval 2p. Solution. This can be done more than one way. We will use the Laplace transform metho d. Let Y (s) = L {y(t)} be the Laplace transform of the solution function. Applying the Laplace transform to the di erential equation gives s 2 Y (s) - sy(0) - y (0) + 2sY (s) + 10Y (s) = 0. Substituting the initial conditions y (0) = 0, y (0) = 6 and solving for Y (s) gives Y (s) = s 2 + 2s + 10 = (s + 1) 2 + 9 . 6 6 Taking the inverse Laplace transform (Formula C.2.9) gives y(t) = -t sin 2e 3t. This equation represents underdamped motion since the discriminant of the -t equation is D = 2 - 40 = -36 < 0. Since is never 0, it follows 2 e that y(t) = 0 sin 3t = 0 3t = pk t = 3k p where k is any integer. Thus, the smallest positive t for which y(t) = 0 is t = p/3. 1

Exam 3

p 3

2p 3

4p 3

5p 3

2p

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-t

sin 3t.

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Exam 3

2. [10 Points] Find the Laplace transform of the following function: f (t) = 3t if 0 = t < 6 if t = 2, 2. Solution. First write f (t) in terms of characteristic functions functions h(t c): f (t) = (t) + 6h(t [0,2) 3t 2) - 2)) + 6h(t = 3t(h(t) - h(t 2) = 3t + (6 - 3t)h(t 2). Now apply the second translation formula: F (s) = 3 + e -2s L {6 - 3(t + s2 2)} =3 + e -2s L {s2 3t} 3 =3 - e -2s . s2 s2

[a,b)

(t) and step

unit

3. [10 Points] Find the inverse Laplace transform of the following function: F (s) = (s - 2) s 2 - 4s + 13 e
-ps/2

(s 2t cos 3t. 2) s 2 - 4s + 13 = e The second translation formula (C.1.4) then gives f (t) = 2(t-p/2) cos 3(t - p/2))h(t (e p/2). L -1 4. [15 Points] Solve the following initial value problem: y + 4y = 6d(t - p ); y(0) = 0, y (0) = 0. Give a careful sketch of the graph of the solution for the interval 0 = t = 2p. Recall that d(t - c) refers to the Dirac delta function which produces a unit impulse at time t = c. In the Table of Laplace transforms, this is referred to as d = d(t - c)). (See Formula 24, Page 431 of the Laplace Transform dc (t) Tables). Math 2065 December 2, 2005 2

Solution. C.2.10,

By

formula

(t) is

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Name : Solution. Let Y (s) = L {y(t)} be the Laplace transform of the solution function. Applying the Laplace transform to the di erential equation gives -ps . s 2 Y (s) + 4Y (s) = 6L {d(t - p)} = 6e Thus,
-p s Y (s) = 2 s +4e 6 and taking the inverse Laplace transform gives y(t) = (3 sin 2(t - p))h(t p) = (3 sin 2t)h(t -

Exam 3

p) = 0 if 0 = t < 3 sin 2t if t = p, p. 3 2 1 -1 -2 -3
p 2

3p 2

2p

Graph of y(t) = 2e

-t

sin 3t.

5. [10 Points] Let A =

x - 2 1 0 4 x + 1 0 3 -2 x 4

(a) Compute det A. (b) For which values of x is A invertible? Solution. Using expansion along the third column gives det A = (x - 4) det x - 2 4 x + 1 = (x - 4)((x - 2)(x + 1 1) 4) 2 - x = (x - 4) (x 6) + = (x - 4)(x - 3)(x 2). A is invertible if and only if det A = 0. Since det A = 0 if and only if x = 4, x = or3, x = -2, it follows that A is invertible if and only if x is not 4, 3, or -2. Math 2065 December 2, 2005 3

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