UNIVERSITY OF ZIMBABWE HMTH 113
BSc Honours Level 1 Mathematics Tutorial
Laplace transforms tutorial: 22-26 October 2018
19 October 2018
Time : 1 hours
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A1. Using properties of Laplace transforms, find the Laplace transforms of the following
(a) L{eat sin bt}
(b) L{eat cos bt}
(c) L{t3 + 5t − 2}
(d) L{e2t (t3 + 5t − 2)}
(e) L{e2t (t2 + 4) − e−t cos t
(f) L{teat }
(g) L{t sin bt}
(h) L{t cos bt}
A2. Solve the following
(a) y ′′ + 2y ′ = 1, y(0) = 0; y ′(0) = 10
(b) y ′′ − y ′ − 2y = e2t , y(0) = 0, y ′(0) = 1
(c) y ′′ + y = cos 2t, y(0) = 2, y ′(0) = 1
(d) y ′′ + y = sin 2t, y(0) = 2, y ′ (0) = 1
A3. (a) State and prove any two properties of Laplace transforms f (t). [6]
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(b) If f (t) = sin at, t ≥ 0, show that its Laplace transform F (s) = s2 +a2
, s > 0. [6]
(c) Use the method of Laplace transforms to solve the initial value problem
2y ′′ + 3y ′ − 2y = te−2t , y(0) = 0, y ′(0) = −2.
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A4. (a) Define the Laplace transform of a function. [2]
(b) Let L{f (t)} = F (s) define the Laplace transform of the function f (t). Prove that
(i) L{f ′′ (t)} = s2 F (s) − sf (0) − f ′ (0),
(ii) L{eat f (t)} = F (s − a). [5,4]
(c) Find the inverse Laplace Transforms of
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(i) (s+2)2 +9
s+3
(ii) s2 +2s+5
. Hint* complete the square [3,4]
(d) Solve the following differential equation using the method of Laplace transforms
y ′′ + 2y ′ + 5y = 3e−x sin x, y(0) = 0, y ′(0) = 3
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