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The document is a test paper for MAT391 Engineering Mathematics III at the University of Botswana, scheduled for 12/09/2022. It consists of five questions focusing on Laplace transforms, initial value problems, simultaneous equations, rectified half-wave functions, and Fourier series. Students are instructed to show their working for full marks.

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MAT391 TEST 1-1

The document is a test paper for MAT391 Engineering Mathematics III at the University of Botswana, scheduled for 12/09/2022. It consists of five questions focusing on Laplace transforms, initial value problems, simultaneous equations, rectified half-wave functions, and Fourier series. Students are instructed to show their working for full marks.

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University of Botswana

Department of Mathematics
MAT391 Engineering Mathematics III

Test 1 Date: 12/09/2022 Time: 18:00-19:30

Surname: Student ID
INSTRUCTIONS: Answer all FIVE questions. Show your working,
omission of essential working will result in loss of marks.
Question 1. Determine the Laplace transform of the following functions for t ≥ 0..
(a) f (t) = 3 + t + e−4t + sin 2t. [10]

(b) f (t) = e−t cos 2t + (t2 − 2t + 1)H(t − 1), where H is the Heaviside unit step
function. [10]

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Question 2. Solve the following initial value problem by Laplace transform.
d2 x dx dx
2
− 2 + x = tet given that at t = 0, x = 1 and, = 0.
dt dt dt
[20]

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Question 3. Solve the following pair of simultaneous equations by Laplace transform
where x and y are functions of t and given that at t = 0, x = 0 and y = 0.

 dy

− x = et
dt
 dx

+ y = e−t
dt

[20]

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Question 4. Determine the Laplace transform of the rectified half-wave defined by

sin t

0<t<π
f (t) = 
 0 π < t < 2π
f (t + 2nπ) = f (t) for all integers n.
[15]

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Question 5. Determine the Fourier series for a periodic function defined by

0,

−π <t<0
f (t) = 
t, 0 < t < π,
f (t + 2π) = f (t)
[25]

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