INSTRUCTIONS: All information must be placed in A4 bond paper (hand written).

Include all relevant

solutions. Please submit problem set in Room 324 (GE 122 file box in my table) on or before 25 October
2017, 1PM (oras sa Pilipinas).

I. FODE APPLICATIONS
1. Free fall. In dropping a stone or an iron ball, air resistance is practically negligible. Experiments

show that the acceleration of the motion is constant (equal to = 9.80 2 = 32 2 ,

called the acceleration of gravity). Model this as an ODE for (), the distance fallen as a
function of time . If the motion starts at time = 0 from rest (i.e., with velocity = = 0),
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show that you obtain the familiar law of free fall = 2 2 .

2. An investment of Php15,000, made on 30 March 2010 in the Poor mans Stock Index would grow
to Php17,360 by 31 December 2012, assuming all dividends were reinvested when received.
Find the rate of compound interest required to match this performance. Assuming increase of
investment at this rate, when would the investment double?

Note: Compound interest is interest on initial plus accumulated interest of previous periods
(interest on interest).

II. CONCEPT
1. Explain the Principle of Superposition and its relevance in finding the general solution of a
Homogenous Linear DE.
2. The number of arbitrary constants in the general solution of a differential equation of order four
is __________.
3. Determine the second-order homogenous linear ODE for which cos 5 sin 5 are solutions.
Show linear independence by the Wronskian and solve the initial value problem given
(0) = 3 = 5.

III. FODEs. Identify whether the following first order differential equations are Separable, Homogenous,
Linear, Bernoulli, or Exact. Show all necessary steps or tests to prove that the FODE is such. Solve for
the general solution afterwards.

1. tan = 0
2. (2 4 + ) 6 2 = 0
3. sin = 2 cos
4. 2 = ( 2 )
5. (3 2 + 8 3) + (12 2 + 4 2 + 5) = 0

6. 2 = 1 + cos ( ) , 0

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