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ENGINEERING MATHS AE2V (ENG2040)

MOCK EXAM XX December 2012 00:00-02:00 Attempt ALL 4 questions. Total 100 marks. The numbers in square brackets in the right-hand margin indicate the marks allotted to the part of the question against which the mark is shown. These marks are for guidance only. Your attention is drawn to the booklet of formulae. An electronic calculator may be used provided that it does not have a facility for either textual storage or display, or for graphical display. If a calculator is used, intermediate steps in the calculation should be indicated.

Q1

(a)

Find the general solution to the following separable differential equation:

dq = q 2 + 3q 4 n 4 dn

[20]

Hint: Use partial fractions (b) Q2 (a) Find the particular solution when q (0) = 2 [5]

Find the complementary function of the following inhomogeneous differential equation: + =3 +1+

[7]

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(b) (c)

Find the general solution of the equation

[10]

Find the particular solution of the equation given the following initial conditions: ( = 0) = 0 ( = 0) = 1

[8]

Q3

Consider the following set of first order differential equations in matrix form: = (a) (b) = 2 2 2 5 [10]

Find the eigenvalues and eigenvectors of the matrix [A].

Find the elements of the vector X by calculating the inverse of the matrix B in the following system:

9 BX = 1 0

1 1 2 x1 2 4 3 and X = x where B = 2 3 6 5 x3

[15]

Q4

(a)

Find the Laplace transform of f (t ) = t.e 3t sin 3t and state the region of convergence.

[8]

(b)

Find the Laplace transform of f (t ) = 5e 6t + t sin 7t + 6 3t and state the region of convergence. [8]
Find the inverse Laplace transform of F (s ) =

(c)

4s 2 7s + 30 s 3 2s 2 + 10s

[9]

Q4 ANSWERS (working not shown, show working in the exam though!) (a) F (s ) = 6 s + 18

(s

+ 6s + 18

, where s > -3. 6 3 s s 2 , where s> 0.

(b) F (s ) =

5 14 s + s + 6 s 2 + 49

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(c) f (t ) = 3 +e t cos 3t

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