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Multiple-Choice Test Runge-Kutta 4th Order Method: y X Xy DX Dy

The document presents 6 multiple choice questions regarding the Runge-Kutta 4th order method for solving ordinary differential equations. The questions cover topics like rewriting differential equations in standard form for the Runge-Kutta method, estimating values using the method, deriving the method from Taylor series, and applying the method to a heat transfer problem between a cylinder and oil bath.

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Multiple-Choice Test Runge-Kutta 4th Order Method: y X Xy DX Dy

The document presents 6 multiple choice questions regarding the Runge-Kutta 4th order method for solving ordinary differential equations. The questions cover topics like rewriting differential equations in standard form for the Runge-Kutta method, estimating values using the method, deriving the method from Taylor series, and applying the method to a heat transfer problem between a cylinder and oil bath.

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Multiple-Choice Test

Chapter 08.04
Runge-Kutta 4th Order Method
1. To solve the ordinary differential equation
dy
3  xy 2  sin x, y  0   5 ,
dx
by Runge-Kutta 4th order method, you need to rewrite the equation as
dy
(A)  sin x  xy 2 , y  0  5
dx
(B)
dy
dx

1
3
 
sin x  xy 2 , y  0   5

dy 1 xy 3 
(C)    cos x  , y  0   5
dx 3 3 
dy 1
(D)  sin x, y  0   5
dx 3

dy
2. Given 3  5 y 2  sin x, y  0.3  5 and using a step size of h  0.3 , the value of
dx
y  0.9  using Runge-Kutta 4th order method is most nearly
(A) –0.25011  10 40
(B) –4297.4
(C) –1261.5
(D) 0.88498

dy
3. Given 3  y 2  e x , y  0.3  5 , and using a step size of h  0.3 , the best estimate
dx
dy
of  0.9 Runge-Kutta 4th order method is most nearly
dx
(A) -1.6604
(B) -1.1785
(C) -0.45831
(D) 2.7270

08.04.1
08.04.2 Chapter 08.04

4. The velocity ( m s) of a parachutist is given as a function of time (seconds) by


v (t )  55.8 tanh(0.17t ), t  0
Using Runge-Kutta 4th order method with a step size of 5 seconds, the distance in
meters traveled by the body from t  2 to t  12 seconds is estimated most nearly as
(A) 341.43
(B) 428.97
(C) 429.05
(D) 703.50

5. Runge-Kutta method can be derived from using first three terms of Taylor series of
writing the value of y i 1 , that is the value of y at xi 1 , in terms of yi and all the
derivatives of y at x i . If h  xi 1  xi , the explicit expression for y i 1 if the first
five terms of the Taylor series are chosen for the ordinary differential equation
dy
 5 y  3e  2 x , y  0   7 ,
dx
would be
(A) 
yi 1  yi  3e  2 xi  5 yi h  5h 2
2
    h2
2
yi 1  yi  3e  2 xi  5 yi h   21e  2 xi  25 yi
(B)
  h6    300909e  24
3 4
h
  483e  2 xi  625 yi  2 xi
 390625yi

    h2  12e  h6
2 3
yi 1  yi  3e  2 xi  5 yi h   6e  2 xi  2 xi

(C)
  24
4
h
  24e  2 xi

    h2  12e  h6
2 3
yi 1  yi  3e  2 xi  5 yi h   6e  2 xi  5  2 xi

(D)
  24
4
h
  24e  2 xi

08.04.2
08.04.3 Chapter 08.04

6. A hot solid cylinder is immersed in a cool oil bath as part of a quenching process.
This process makes the temperature of the cylinder,  c , and the bath,  b , change
with time. If the initial temperature of the bar and the oil bath is given as 600 C and
27C, respectively, and
Length of cylinder = 30 cm
Radius of cylinder = 3 cm
Density of cylinder = 2700 kg/m3
Specific heat of cylinder = 895 J/kg  K
Convection heat transfer coefficient = 100 W/m 2  K
Specific heat of oil = 1910 J/kg  K
Mass of oil = 2 kg
the coupled ordinary differential equation giving the heat transfer are given by

Oil

Cylinder

d c
362.4   c  b
dt
(A)
d
675.5 b  b  
dt
d
362.4 c   c  b
dt
(B)
d b
675.5  b  c
dt
d c
675.5  c  b
dt
(C)
d
362.4 b  b  c
dt
d
(D) 675.5 c  c  b
dt

For a complete solution, refer to the links at the end of the book.

08.04.3

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