UNIVERSITY EXAMINATIONS

May/June 2022

MAT3700
Mathematics III (Engineering)

Duration: 3 hours Marks: 100

This examination question paper consists of 3 pages including this cover page plus
Formulae sheets (pages 4 to 8) plus
A table of integrals (pages 9 and 10) plus
A table of Laplace transforms (page 11).
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Open Rubric
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QUESTION 1

dy 2y 2  t 2
Given the first order differential equation  , find the general solution for y by
dt 2yt
1.1 using the substitution y  vt . (8)
1.2 rewriting the equation as a Bernouli equation and solving as a Bernoulli equation. (8)
[16]

QUESTION 2
Find the general solution for the following differential equation using the method of
d 2y
undetermined coefficients  36 y  cosh3 x . (10)
dx
[10]

QUESTION 3
Find the general solutions of the following differential equations using D-operator methods:
3.1 D 2

 5D  6 y  e  2 x  sin 2 x
(8)
3.2 D 2

 2D  4 y  e 2 x sin 2 x (8)
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QUESTION 4
Solve only for x in the following set of simultaneous differential equations by using
D-operator methods:
(D  1)x  Dy  1
 
 2D  1 x  D  21 y  1 (10)

[10]

QUESTION 5
5.1 Determine the Laplace transform of
5.1.1 2t sin 2t . (1)
5.1.2 3H (t  2)    t  4  (2)

5s  2
5.2 Use partial fractions to find the inverse Laplace transform of 2
(5)
s  3s  2
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QUESTION 6
Determine the unique solution of the following differential equation by using Laplace

transforms:  
y "  t   2 y '  t   10 y  t   25t 2  16t  2 e 3t , if y (0)  0 and y '(0)  0 . (9)

[9]

QUESTION 7
The motion of a mass on a spring is described by the differential equation
d2x dx
2
 100 x  36 cos 8t . If x  0 and  0, at t  0 find the steady state solution for x(t) and
dt dt
discuss the motion. (11)
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QUESTION 8
 3 1
If A    , find an eigenvalue and an eigenvector of A.    (8)
 1 5 
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QUESTION 9
 2  x  0
Given the function defined by f  x   
 0x2
9.1 Sketch the function within the given range and extend as periodic function outside the
range. (3)
9.2 From the graph determine if the function is odd or even. (1)
9.3 Find the Fourier series for f(x). (8)
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Full marks = 100
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