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Semester: B. Tech- 3rd sem Branch: Common to all branches

Subject: Mathematics-III Course code – All branches

Unit-I
LAPLACE TRANSFORM
2-marks.

Q. 1. Write the condition for existence of Laplace transform.

Q. 2. Define unit impulse function.
1
Q. 3. Find 𝐿−1 {(𝑠+3)5 }
Q. 4. Find 𝐿{4𝑡 }
Q. 5. If 𝑓(𝑡) is a periodic function with period T, then 𝐿{𝑓(𝑡)}

4-marks.
𝑡 sin 𝑡
Q. 1. Evaluate 𝐿 {𝑒 −𝑡 ∫0 𝑑𝑡}.
𝑡
1
Q. 2. Find 𝐿−1 {𝑠(𝑠2 +1)}.
Q. 3. Express the following function in terms of unit step function and find its Laplace
transform:
0, 0 < 𝑡 < 1
𝑓(𝑡) = {𝑡 − 1, 1 < 𝑡 < 2
1, 𝑡>2

Q. 4. If 𝐿{𝑓(𝑡)} = 𝑓 (̅ 𝑠). Then prove that 𝐿{𝑒 𝑎𝑡 𝑓(𝑡)} = 𝑓(̅ 𝑠 − 𝑎).

4𝑠+5
Q. 5. Find the inverse transform of (𝑠−1)2 (𝑠+2)

8-marks.

Q. 1. Find the Laplace transform of

i. (𝑒 −𝑡 sin 𝑡)𝑡
1 3
ii. (√𝑡 − )
√𝑡
Q. 2. Find the Laplace transform of
cos 𝑎𝑡−cos 𝑏𝑡
i. .
𝑡
ii. 𝑐𝑜𝑠 3 2𝑡
1−cos 𝑡
Q. 3. Find the Laplace transform of .
𝑡2
Q. 4. Find the inverse Laplace transform of
𝑠2 +6
i. (𝑠2 +1)(𝑠2 +4)
 𝑠
ii. (𝑠2 +1)(𝑠2 +4)
using Convolution theorem.
Q. 5. Find the inverse Laplace transform of
𝑠2 +𝑠−2
i. 𝑠(𝑠+3)(𝑠−2)
−1 2
ii. tan .
𝑠2
8
Q. 6. Apply convolution theorem to prove that 𝐿−1 {(𝑠2 +1)3} = (3 − 𝑡 2 ) sin 𝑡 − 3𝑡 cos 𝑡.
𝑠
Q. 7. Use the method of partial fraction to find the inverse transform of 𝑠4 +𝑠2+1
1−cos 2𝑡
Q. 8. (a)Find the Laplace transform of 𝑡
∞ −3𝑡
(b) Evaluate the following: ∫0 𝑡𝑒 sin 𝑡 𝑑𝑡.
Q. 9. (a)Find the Laplace transform of sin 2𝑡 sin 3𝑡 + cos2 𝑡.
∞ 3
(b) Show that ∫0 𝑡𝑒 −2𝑡 cos 𝑡 𝑑𝑡 = 25
𝑑2 𝑥
Q. 10. Solve the differential equation by transform method + 9𝑥 = cos 2𝑡 , 𝑤ℎ𝑒𝑛 𝑥(0) =
𝑑𝑡 2
𝜋
1, 𝑥 ( ) = −1.
2
Q. 11. Solve the differential equation by transform method 𝑡𝑦 ′′ + 2𝑦 ′ + 𝑡𝑦 =
sin 𝑡 , 𝑤ℎ𝑒𝑛 𝑦(0) = 1.
Q. 12. Solve the differential equation by transform method 𝑡𝑦 ′′ + (1 − 2𝑡)𝑦 ′ − 2𝑦 =
0, 𝑤ℎ𝑒𝑛 𝑦(0) = 1 𝑎𝑛𝑑 𝑦 ′ (0) = 2.
Q. 13. Solve the differential equation by transform method 𝑦 ′′ − 3𝑦 ′ + 2𝑦 = 4𝑡 −
𝑒 3𝑡 , 𝑤ℎ𝑒𝑛 𝑦(0) = 1 𝑎𝑛𝑑 𝑦 ′ (0) = −1.
Q. 14. Solve (𝐷2 + 𝑚2 )𝑥 = acos 𝑛𝑡 , 𝑡 > 0, 𝑤ℎ𝑒𝑛 𝑥 = 𝑥0 𝑎𝑛𝑑 𝐷𝑥 = 𝑥1, 𝑤ℎ𝑒𝑛 𝑡 = 0, 𝑚 ≠
𝑛.
Q. 15. Solve (𝐷3 − 3𝐷 2 + 3𝐷 − 1)𝑦 = 𝑡 2 𝑒 𝑡 , 𝑤ℎ𝑒𝑛 𝑦(0) = 1, 𝐷𝑦(0) = 0 𝑎𝑛𝑑 𝐷2 𝑦(0) =
−2.
 Unit-II
PARTIAL DIFFERENTIAL EQUATIONS

2 marks Questions
Q. 1 Form the partial differential equation if z = emy ∅(x -y).
𝟏
Q. 2 Form the partial differential equation if 𝒛 = 𝒚𝟐 + 𝟐𝒇 [𝒙 + 𝒍𝒐𝒈 𝒚]
Q. 3 Write Lagrange’s linear equation.
Q. 4 Solve x p + y q = 3z.
𝜕3𝑧 𝜕3𝑧 𝜕3𝑧
Q. 5 Solve 𝜕𝑥 3 − 4 𝜕𝑥 2 𝜕𝑦 + 4 𝜕𝑥𝜕𝑦 2 = 0
4 marks Questions
𝜕3𝑧
Q. 1 Solve + 18𝑥𝑦 2 + 𝑠𝑖𝑛( 2𝑥 − 𝑦) = 0
𝜕𝑥 2 𝜕𝑦
𝜕3 𝑧
Q. 2 Solve 𝜕𝑥 2𝜕𝑦 = 𝑐𝑜𝑠( 2𝑥 + 3𝑦)
Q. 3 Form the partial differential equation from 𝒛 = 𝒇(𝒙𝟐 + 𝒚𝟐 , 𝒛 − 𝒙𝒚)
Q. 4 Solve p − q = log(x + y)
Q. 5 Solve p tan 𝑥 + q tan 𝑦 = tan 𝑧
8- marks Questions
Q. 1 Solve 𝑥 2 (𝑦 − 𝑧)𝑝 + 𝑦 2 (𝑧 − 𝑥)𝑞 = 𝑧 2 (𝑥 − 𝑦)
Q. 2 Solve p x (z – 2y2) = (z – q y) (z – y2 - 2x3)
2 2 2
Q. 3 Solve (𝑥 − 𝑦𝑧)𝑝 + (𝑦 − 𝑧𝑥)𝑞 = 𝑧 − 𝑥𝑦
Q. 4 Solve (𝒙𝟐 − 𝒚𝟐 − 𝒛𝟐 )𝒑 + 𝟐𝒙𝒚𝒒 = 𝟐𝒙𝒛
Q. 5 Solve x(y2 – z2) p +y (z2 – x2) q = z (x2 – y2)
𝜕𝑧 𝜕𝑧
Q. 6 Solve(𝑚𝑧 − 𝑛𝑦) 𝜕𝑥 + (𝑛𝑥 − 𝑙𝑧) 𝜕𝑦 = 𝑙𝑦 − 𝑚𝑥
𝜕2𝑧 𝜕2𝑧 𝜕2𝑧
Q. 7 Solve 4 𝜕𝑥 2 − 4 𝜕𝑥𝜕𝑦 + 𝜕𝑦 2 = 16 𝑙𝑜𝑔( 𝑥 + 2𝑦)
𝟐 ′ ′𝟐 𝒙
Q. 8 Solve (𝑫 − 𝑫𝑫 − 𝟐𝑫 )𝒛 = (𝒚 − 𝟏)𝒆
Q. 9 Solve (𝑫𝟐 + 𝟐𝑫𝑫′ + 𝑫′𝟐 − 𝟐𝑫 − 𝟐𝑫′ )𝒛 = 𝒔𝒊𝒏( 𝒙 + 𝟐𝒚)
𝟐 ′ ′𝟐
Q. 10 Solve (𝑫 + 𝑫𝑫 − 𝟔𝑫 )𝒛 = 𝒄𝒐𝒔( 𝟐𝒙 + 𝒚)
Q. 11 Solve (𝑫𝟐 + 𝟑𝑫𝑫′ + 𝟐𝑫′𝟐 )𝒛 = 𝟐𝟒𝒙𝒚
∂2 z 𝜕𝑧
Q. 12 Solve ∂x ∂y = sin x sin y for which 𝜕𝑦 = −2 𝑠𝑖𝑛 𝑦when x = 0 and z = 0 when y is an odd
𝜋
multiple of 2 .
Q. 13 Solve by method of separation of variables
𝜕𝑢 𝜕𝑢
= 4 𝜕𝑦 ,given 𝑢(0, 𝑦) = 8𝑒 −3𝑦
𝜕𝑥

∂u ∂u
Q. 14 Solve by method of separation of variable; 4 ∂x + ∂y = 3u

given u = 3e-y-e-5y when x = 0 .

∂u ∂u
Q. 15 Solve by method of separation of variable ∂x = 2 ∂t + u where u(x, 0) = 6 e-3x.
 UNIT-III
RANDOM VARIABLES

2 marks Questions
Q. 1 Define probability density function.
Q. 2 Define moment generating function of discrete and continuous probability distribution.
Q. 3 Define expectation and variance.
Q. 4 Define random variable and random experiment.
Q. 5 Write applications of binomial distribution.
4 marks Questions
Q. 1 If a random variable has a Poisson distribution such that P(1) = P(2), find mean of the
distribution and P(4).
Q. 2 A variate X has a probability distribution
x : -3 6 9
P(X = x) : 1/6 ½ 1/3

Find E(X) and E(X2). Hence evaluate E(2x +1) 2

𝑒 −𝑥 𝑥 ≥ 0
Q. 3 Is the function 𝑓(𝑥) = { a density function?
0 𝑥<0
Q. 4 The mean and variance of binomial distribution are 4 and 4/3 respectively.
Find P(X ≥ 1).
Q. 5 In 256 sets of 12 tosses of a coin, in how many cases one can expect 8 heads and 4 tails.

8 marks Questions
Q. 1 The probability density function of a variate X is

X :0 1 2 3 4 5 6
P(X) : k 3k 5k 7k 9k 11k 13k

(i) Find P(X < 4), P(X ≥ 5), P(3 < X ≤ 6).
(ii) What will be the minimum value of k so that P(X ≤ 2) >0. 3.

Q. 2 The probability density p(x) of a continuous random variable is given by 𝑝(𝑥) =

𝑦0 𝑒 −|𝑥| , −∞ < 𝑥 < ∞ Prove that y0 = ½. Find the mean and variance of the distribution.
Q. 3 If x is a continuous random variable with probability density function given by

𝑘𝑥 (0 ≤ 𝑥 ≤ 2)
𝑓(𝑥) = { 2𝑘 (2 ≤ 𝑥 < 4)
−𝑘𝑥 + 6𝑘 (4 ≤ 𝑥 < 6)

Find k and mean value of x.

Q. 4 Find the moment generating function of the exponential distribution
1
𝑓(𝑥) = 𝑐 𝑒 −𝑥/𝑐 , 0 ≤ 𝑥 ≤ ∞, 𝑐 > 0
Hence find its mean and S.D.
Q. 5 A bag contains 5 black, 6 white and 7 red balls. Four balls are drawn at random from it. If
x denotes the number of white balls, then find E(x).
Q. 6 The probability that a pen manufactured by a company will be defective is 1/10. If 12 such
pens are manufactured find the probability that
(a) Exactly 2 will be defective.
(b) Atleast two will be defective.
(c) None will be defective.
Q. 7 Fit a binomial distribution for the following data and compare the theoretical frequencies
with the actual ones.

x 0 1 2 3 4 5

f 2 14 20 34 22 8

Q. 8 Out of 800 families with 5 children each, how many would you expect to have
(a) 3 boys (b) 5 girls (c) Either 2 or 3 boy?
Assume equal probabilities for boys and girls.
Q. 9 In a certain factory turning out razor blades there is a small chance of 0.002 for any blade
to be defective. The blades are supplied in packets of 10. Use Poisson distribution to
calculate the approximate number of packets containing no defective, one defective and
two defective blades respectively in a consignment of 10,000 packets.
Q. 10 Fit a Poisson distribution to the set of observation:

X 0 1 2 3 4

F 122 60 15 2 1

Q. 11 A car hire firm has 2 cars which it hires out day by day. The number of demands for a
car on each day is distribution as a Poisson distribution with mean 1.5. Calculate the
probability of day
(i) on which there is no demand
(ii) on which demand is refused. (e-1.5 = 0.2231).
Q. 12 In a normal distribution, 31% of the items are under 45 and 8% are over 64. Find the
mean and S.D of the distribution.
Q. 13 Fit a normal curve to the following distribution.

X 2 4 6 8 10

F 1 4 6 4 1

Q. 14 In a precision bombing attack there is a 50% chance that any bomb will strike the target.
Two direct hits are needed to destroy the target completely. How many bombs must be
dropped to give a 99% chance or better of completely destroying the target?
Q. 15 In a test on 2000 electric bulbs, it was found that the life of particular make, was
normally distributed with an average life of 2040 hours and S.D of 60 hours. Estimate the
number of bulbs likely to burn for
(a) More than 2150 hours.
(b) Less than 1950 hours and
(c) More than 1920 hours and less than 2160 hours.
 Unit IV
INTERPOLATION WITH EQUAL AND UNEQUAL INTERVALS

2 Marks Questions
Q. 1 Explain forward and backward difference.
Q. 2 Which of the following is correct (i) 𝛥 𝑥 𝑛 = 𝑛 ⋅ 𝑥 𝑛−1 (ii) 𝛥 [𝑥]𝑛 = 𝑛 ⋅ [𝑥]𝑛−1 (iii) 𝛥𝑛 𝑒 𝑥 = 𝑒 𝑥
(iv) 𝛥 𝑐𝑜𝑠 𝑥 = − 𝑠𝑖𝑛 𝑥
Q. 3 Prove that 𝛥 = 𝐸 − 1.
Q. 4 Write relation between 𝐸 and 𝐷
Q. 5 Write formula for Newton’s forward and backward interpolation.

4 Marks Questions
Q. 1 Find the missing values in the following:

𝑥: 0 5 10 15 20 25
𝑓(𝑥): 6 10 ---- 17 ---- 31

Q. 2 Fit a polynomial of degree three which takes the following values:

𝑥: 3 4 5 6
𝑓(𝑥): 6 24 60 120

Q. 3 From the following table estimate the number of students who obtained marks between 40 and 45

Marks 𝑥: 30-40 40-50 50-60 60-70 70-80

No. of Candidate𝑓(𝑥): 31 42 51 35 31

Q. 4 Find the value of 𝑙𝑜𝑔 337 ⋅ 5 by Stirling formula.

𝑥: 310 320 330 340 350 360

𝑙𝑜𝑔 𝑥: 2.4914 2.5052 2.5185 2.5315 2.5441 2.5563

Q. 5 Using Lagrange’s formula, evaluate𝑓(9), given

𝑥: 5 7 11 13 17
 𝑓(𝑥): 150 392 1452 2366 5202

8 Marks Questions

Q. 1 Given 𝑠𝑖𝑛 4 5∘ = 0.7071, 𝑠𝑖𝑛 5 0∘ = 0.7660 𝑠𝑖𝑛 5 5∘ = 0.8192 𝑠𝑖𝑛 6 0∘ = 0.8660,

find 𝑠𝑖𝑛 5 2∘ , using Newton’s forward interpolation

Q. 2 Given 𝑡𝑎𝑛 0∘ = 0.0, 𝑡𝑎𝑛 5∘ = 0.8755 𝑡𝑎𝑛 1 0∘ = 0.1763 𝑡𝑎𝑛 1 5∘ = 0.2679, 𝑡𝑎𝑛 2 0∘ =

0.3640, 𝑡𝑎𝑛 2 5∘ = 0.4663, 𝑡𝑎𝑛 3 0∘ = 0.5774, find Using Stirling’s formula, show that
𝑡𝑎𝑛 1 6∘ = 0.2867. .

Q. 3 The population of a town is as follows:

Year 𝑥: 1941 1951 1961 1971 1981 1991

Population 𝑓(𝑥): 20 24 29 36 46 51
Estimate the population increase during the period 1946 to 1976. Do calculation for 4 decimal
places.

Q. 4 Estimate the sale for 1966 correct up to 4 decimal places using the following table:

Year 𝑥: 1941 1951 1961 1971 1981 1991

Population 𝑓(𝑥): 20 24 29 36 46 51

Q. 5 Given the following table, find 𝑓(35) correct upto 2 places, by using Stirling’s & Bessel’s formula.

𝑥: 20 30 40 50
𝑓(𝑥): 512 439 346 243

Q. 6 Using Stirling’s formula, find 𝑓(1.22)

𝑥: 1.0 1.1 1.2 1.3 1.4 1.5 1.6 1.7 1.8

𝑓(𝑥): 0.84147 0.89121 0.93204 0.96356 0.98540 0.99749 0.99957 0.99385 0.97385

Q. 7 Find 𝑓(25) correct upto 2 places by using Bessel’s/(Stirling) formula given

𝑥: 20 24 28 32
𝑓(𝑥): 2854 3162 3544 3992
Q. 8 Find the value of 𝑓(21) and 𝑓(28) correct upto 4 places of decimal from the following table

𝑥: 20 23 26 29
𝑓(𝑥): 0.3420 0.3907 0.4384 0.4848

Q. 9 Using Lagrange’s formula to fit a polynomial and find 𝑓(1) to the data

𝑥: -1 0 2 3
𝑓(𝑥): -8 3 1 12

3𝑥 2 +𝑥+1
Q. 10 Using Lagrange’s formula, express (𝑥−1)(𝑥−2)(𝑥−3) as a sum of partial fraction.
Q. 11 Find the cubic polynomial by Lagrange’s formula which takes the following values, then find
𝑓(3)

𝑥: 0 1 2 5
𝑓(𝑥): 2 3 12 147

Q. 12 Using Lagranges interpolation formula find 𝑓(10)

𝑥: 5 6 9 11
𝑓(𝑥): 12 13 14 16

Q. 13 Using Newton’s divided difference formula, evaluate 𝑓(9) & 𝑓(15), given

𝑥: 4 5 7 10 11 13
𝑓(𝑥): 48 100 294 900 1210 2028

Q. 14 Find the value of log 656 by Newton’s divide difference formula.

𝑥: 654 658 659 661

𝑙𝑜𝑔 𝑥: 2.8156 2.8182 2.8189 2.8202

Q. 15 Determine 𝑓(𝑥) as a polynomial in 𝑥 for the following data

𝑥: -4 -1 0 2 5
𝑓(𝑥): 1245 33 5 9 1335
 Unit V
NUMERICAL SOLUTION OF ORDINARY DIFFERENTIAL EQUATIONS

2-marks.
Q. 1. Adams-Bashforth predictor formula for solving 𝑦 ′ = 𝑓(𝑥, 𝑦) given 𝑦0 = 𝑦(𝑥0 )
is………………….
Q. 2. Write the formula for 4th order Runge-Kutta method.
Q. 3. What is the disadvantage of Picard’s method?
Q. 4. Write the name of two self-starting methods to solve 𝑦 ′ = 𝑓(𝑥, 𝑦) given 𝑦0 = 𝑦(𝑥0 ).
Q. 5. Write the name of two multi-steps methods available for solving ordinary differential
equations.

4-marks.
Q. 1. Taylor’s series solution of 𝑦 ′ − 𝑥𝑦 = 0, 𝑦(0) = 1 upto 𝑥 4 is ………………………
𝑑𝑦 𝑦−2𝑥
Q. 2. Using Euler’s method solve 𝑑𝑥 = , 𝑦(0) = 1 to find , 𝑦(0.1) =…………….
𝑦
Q. 3. If 𝑦 ′ = 𝑥 − 𝑦, 𝑦(0) = 1, then by Picard’s method the value of 𝑦 (1) (1)
Q. 4. Using Runge-Kutta method of fourth order find the value of 𝑦(0.1) for
𝑦 ′ = 𝑥 − 2𝑦, 𝑦(0) = 1, taking ℎ = 0.1.
Q. 5. Using modified Euler’s method find the value of 𝑦(0.05) for
𝑑𝑦
= 𝑥 + 𝑦, 𝑦(0) = 1.
𝑑𝑥

8-marks.
𝑑𝑦 𝑦−𝑥
Q. 1. Find the value of 𝑦 for 𝑥 = 0.1 by Picard’s method, given that 𝑑𝑥 = 𝑦+𝑥 , 𝑦(0) = 1.
Q. 2. Use Picard’s method to approximate the value of 𝑦 for 𝑥 = 0.1, given that
𝑑𝑦
= 3𝑥 + 𝑦 2 and 𝑦 = 1 for 𝑥 = 0.
𝑑𝑥
Q. 3. Solve 𝑦 ′ = 𝑥 + 𝑦, 𝑦(0) = 1 by Taylor’s series method. Hence find the value of 𝑦 at
𝑥 = 0.1 and 𝑥 = 0.2.
Q. 4. Employ Taylor’s method to obtain approximate value of y at 𝑥 = 0.2 for the
𝑑𝑦
differential equation = 2𝑦 + 3𝑒 𝑥 , 𝑦(0) = 0. Compare the numerical solution
𝑑𝑥
obtained with the exact solution.
Q. 5. Using Euler’s method solve the differential equation 𝑦 ′ = 𝑥 + 𝑦, 𝑦(0) = 1, taking
step length ℎ = 0.2 (𝑐𝑎𝑟𝑟𝑦 𝑜𝑢𝑡 𝑠𝑖𝑥 𝑠𝑡𝑒𝑝𝑠 ).
𝑑𝑦
Q. 6. Apply Euler’s method to solve for y at 𝑥 = 0.6 for 𝑑𝑥 = 1 − 2𝑥𝑦, 𝑦(0) = 0 take ℎ =
0.2.
𝑑𝑦
Q. 7. Using modified Euler’s method find the solution of the equation 𝑑𝑥 = 𝑥 + |√𝑦|,
with initial conditions 𝑦(0) = 1 for the range 0 ≤ 𝑥 ≤ 0.6 in steps of 0.2.
𝑑𝑦
Q. 8. Solve the following differential equation by modified Euler’s method 𝑑𝑥 =
log(𝑥 + 𝑦) , 𝑦(0) = 2 at 𝑥 = 1.2 and 𝑥 = 1.4 with ℎ = 0.2 .
 𝑑𝑦 𝑦 2 −𝑥 2
Q. 9. Using Runge-Kutta method of fourth order solve 𝑑𝑥 = 𝑦 2+𝑥 2 , 𝑦(0) = 1 at 𝑥 =
0.2 and 𝑥 = 0.4.
Q. 10. Apply Runge-Kutta method of fourth order to approximate the value of y for at 𝑥 =
𝑑𝑦
0.2 in steps of 0.1 if = 𝑥 + 𝑦 2 , given that 𝑦 = 1 when 𝑥 = 0.
𝑑𝑥
Q. 11. Using Milne’s method find 𝑦(4.4) given 5𝑥𝑦′ + 𝑦 2 − 2 = 0, and 𝑦(4) = 1, 𝑦(4.1) =
1.0049, 𝑦(4.2) = 1.0097, 𝑦(4.3) = 1.0143.
𝑑𝑦
Q. 12. Given 2 𝑑𝑥 = (1 + 𝑥 2 )𝑦 2 and 𝑦(0) = 1, 𝑦(0.1) = 1.06, 𝑦(0.2) = 1.12, 𝑦(0.3) =
1.21. Evaluate 𝑦(0.4) by Milne’s predictor -Corrector method.
𝑑𝑦
Q. 13. Using Adams-Bashforth method obtain the solution of 𝑑𝑥 = 𝑥 − 𝑦 2 at 𝑥 = 0.8 given
the values
x: 0 0.2 0.4 0.6

y: 0 0.0200 0.0795 0.1762

Q. 14. Given 𝑦 ′ = 𝑥 2 − 𝑦, 𝑦(0) = 1 and starting values are and 𝑦(0.1) =

0.90516, 𝑦(0.2) = 0.82127, 𝑦(0.3) = 0.74918. Evaluate 𝑦(0.4) by Adams-
Bashforth method.
Q. 15. Use Adams-Bashforth method to find 𝑦(0.4) given that 2𝑦′ = 𝑥𝑦, and 𝑦(0) =
1, 𝑦(0.1) = 1.01, 𝑦(0.2) = 1.0097, 𝑦(0.3) = 1.023.