BMS Institute of Technology and Management
Department of Mathematics
Mathematics Practice Questions
Course Name / Course Code: Numerical techniques and differential equations (BMATMC21)
Module 2: Ordinary Differential Equations (ODE) of Higher Order
Homogeneous Differential Equations.
d3y d2y dy
1. Solve 3
2 2
4 8 y 0.
dx dx dx
3 2
d y d y dy
2. Solve 3
6 2 11 6 y 0.
dx dx dx
3. Solve D 3D 2 y 0.
3
d3y
4. Solve y 0.
dx 3
5. Solve 4 D 4 4 D3 23D 2 12 D 36 y 0.
Inverse Differential operator method.
d2y dy
1. Solve 2
4 3 y e2 x .
dx dx
2. Solve D 4 D 13 y e3t cosh 2t 2t .
2
d4y
3. Solve 4 x cosh t.
dt 4
4. Solve D 2 4 y sin 2 x .
5. Solve D 2 8D 9 y 8sin 5 x .
6. Solve D3 8 y x 4 2 x 1 .
d3y d 2 y dy
7. Solve 2 x3 .
dx3 dx 2 dx
d3y d2y dy
8. Solve 3
2 4 4 y x2 4x 6
dx dx dx
2
d y
9. Solve 4 y x 2 cos 2 x 2 x
dx 2
d2y dy
10. Solve 2
6 25 y e 2 x sin x x
dx dx
Method of variation of parameters.
1. Solve 𝑦 ′′ + 𝑎2 𝑦 = sec 𝑎𝑥.
2. Solve 𝑦 ′′ + 4𝑦 = 4 sec 2 2𝑥.
3. Solve 𝑦 ′′ + 𝑦 = sec 𝑥 tan 𝑥.
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4. Solve 𝑦 ′′ − 3𝑦 ′ + 2𝑦 = 1+𝑒 −𝑥.
𝑥
5. Solve 𝑦 ′′ + 3𝑦 ′ + 2𝑦 = 𝑒 𝑒 .
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6. Solve 𝑦 ′′ + 𝑦 = 1+sin 𝑥.
7. 𝑦 ′′ − 2𝑦 ′ + 2𝑦 = 𝑒 𝑥 tan 𝑥.
Cauchy’s and Legendre’s Differential equations
1. Solve 𝑥 2 𝑦 ′′′ + 3𝑥𝑦 ′′ + 𝑦 ′ = 𝑥 2 log 𝑥.
2. Solve 𝑥 3 𝑦 ′′′ + 3𝑥 2 𝑦 ′′ + 𝑥𝑦 ′ + 8𝑦 = 65 cos(log 𝑥) .
3. Solve 𝑥 2 𝑦 ′′ + 𝑥𝑦 ′ + 9𝑦 = 3𝑥 2 + sin(3 log 𝑥).
4. Solve (1 + 𝑥)2 𝑦 ′′ + (1 + 𝑥)𝑦 ′ + 𝑦 = 2 sin{log(1 + 𝑥)}.
5. Solve (2𝑥 + 1)2 𝑦 ′′ − 6(2𝑥 + 1)𝑦 ′ + 16𝑦 = 8(2𝑥 + 1)2
6. Solve 𝑥 2 𝑦 ′′ + 𝑥𝑦 ′ + 𝑦 = 𝑙𝑜𝑔𝑥𝑠𝑖𝑛(𝑙𝑜𝑔𝑥).
7. Solve 𝑥 2 𝑦 ′′ + 4𝑥𝑦 ′ + 2𝑦 = 𝑒 𝑥 .
8. Solve (2𝑥 + 1)2 𝑦 ′′ − 2(2𝑥 + 1)𝑦 ′ 12𝑦 = 6𝑥 + 5.