WEEK 5 Problem-based learning APPENDIX I

Direct assessment method

There are TWENTY questions altogether. You are required to answer FIVE questions,
selecting one from each color code. This is a teamwork assessment and is due October 5
(week 12). Each of you will be evaluated by your peers. No late assignments will be
accepted.

No. Question
1 The population of a certain community that is known to increase at a rate proportional to
the number of people present at any time is 10000 after 3 years. What was the initial
population? What will be the population in 10 years?
2. The population of bacteria in a culture grows at a rate proportional to the number of
bacteria present at any time. After 3 hours it is observed that there are 400 bacteria
present After 10 hours there are 2000 bacteria present. What is the initial number of
bacteria?
3. Five college students with flu return to an isolated campus of 2500 students. If the rate at
which this virus spreads is proportional to the number of infected students y as well as
the number not infected 2500 − y , solve the initial value problem
dy
= ky ( 2500 − y ) , y ( 0 ) = 5 to find the number of infected students after t days if 25
dt
students have the virus after one day. How many students have the flu after five days?
4. Initially there were 100 milligrams of radioactive substance present. After 6 hours the
mass decreased by 35. If the rate of decay is proportional to the amount of the substance
present at any time, find the amount remaining after 24 hours.
5. ( t 2 − t 2 ) ln 2
Show that the half-life of a radioactive substance is, in general t = where
ln( A1 / A2 )
A1 = A( t1 ) and A2 = A( t 2 ) , t1 < t 2
6. A thermometer is removed from a room where the air temperature is 70° F to the outside
where the temperature is 10° F . After ½ minute the thermometer reads 50° F . What is
the reading at t = 1 minute? How long will it take for the thermometer to reach 15° F ?
7. dT
The formula = k ( T − Tm ) where k is a constant of proportionality also holds when
dt
an object absorbs heat from the surrounding medium. If a small metal bar whose initial
temperature is 20°C is dropped into a container of boiling water, how long will it take
the bar to reach 90°C if it is known that its temperature increased 2° in 1 second? How
long will it take the bar to reach 98°C ?
8. Determine the time of death if a corpse is 79oF when discovered at 3.00 P.M. and 68oF
three hours later. Assume that the temperature of the surroundings is 60oF and the normal
body temperature is 98.6oF.
9. A can of diet cola at room temperature of 70oF is placed in a cooler with temperature
40oF. After 30 minutes, the can is 60oF. When is the can 45oF?
10. When a cup of coffee is poured its temperature is 200oF. Two minutes later, its
temperature is 170oF. If the temperature of the room is 68oF, when is the temperature of
the coffee 140oF?
11. Find the family of orthogonal trajectories to 4 x − y = c.
12. Find the family of orthogonal trajectories to y − x 2 = c.
13. Find the family of orthogonal trajectories to y = x − 1 + ce − x .
14. Find the family of orthogonal trajectories to y (1 − cx ) = 1 + cx .

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WEEK 5 Problem-based learning APPENDIX I
Direct assessment method

15. A tank contains 200 liters of fluid in which 30g of salt is dissolved. Brine containing 1 g
of salt per liter is then pumped into the tank at a rate of 4 liters per minute; the well-
mixed solution is pumped out at the same rate. Find the number of grams of salt A(t ) in
the tank at any time.
16. A tank contains 200 liters of fluid in which 30g of salt is dissolved. Pure water is then
pumped into the tank at a rate of 4 liters per minute; the well-mixed solution is pumped
out at the same rate. Find the number of grams of salt A(t ) in the tank at any time.
17. A large tank is filled with 500 gallons of pure water. Brine containing 2lb of salt per
gallon is pumped into the tank at a rate of 5 gallons per minute. The well-mixed solution
is pumped out at the same rate. Find the number of pounds of salt A(t ) in the tank at any
time.
18. The rate at which a drug disseminates into the bloodstream is governed by the differential
dy
equation = A − BX where A and B are positive constants. The function X (t )
dx
describes the concentration of the drug in the bloodstream at any time t . Find the limiting
value of X as t → ∞ . At what time is the concentration one-half this limiting value?
Assume that X (0) = 0.
19. When forgetfulness is taken into account, the rate of memorization of a subject is given
dA
by = k1 ( M − A) − k 2 A where k1 > 0, k 2 > 0, A(t ) is the amount of material
dt
memorized in time t. M is the total amount to be memorized, and M − A is the amount
remaining to be memorized. Solve for A(t ) and graph the solution. Assume that 70oF.
Find the limiting value of A as t → ∞ and interpret the result.
20. Suppose that glucose enters the bloodstream at the constant rate of r grams per minute
while it is removed at a rate proportional to the amount y present at any time. Solve the
dy
initial-value problem = r − ky, y ( 0 ) = y 0 to find y ( t ) . What is the eventual
dt
concentration of glucose in the bloodstream according to this model?

Puan Azizan Zainal Abidin July 2009 semester

EBB1113 Differential Equations