1. Calculus II (MAT 146) Dr. Day Monday, March 5, 2018
Differential Equations (Chapter 9)
What is a Differential Equation? (9.1)
What is a Solution to a Differential Equation? (9.1)
Graphical Representations of Solutions to Differential Equations (9.2)
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2. (A) What Does it Mean for Something to be a Solution to an Equation?
(i) Is x = −1/5 a solution to the equation 4x + 7 = 2x – 3 ?
(ii) State all solutions to the equation x2 – x = 12.
(iii) Is x = 4 a solution to the equation 3ex = 12 ?
(B) What Information About a Function is Revealed Through Its First Derivative?
g’(x) = –8 –6x2.
Gordon looked at the derivative of g(x) and shouted, “The function g is always decreasing!” How did he know?
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3. What is a Differential Equation?
A differential equation is an equation that contains one or more derivatives.
Here’s a differential equation you have already solved:
y’ = 2x
What is the solution of this differential equation?
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4. What is a Solution to a Differential Equation?
A general solution to a differential equation is a family of functions that satisfies a given differential equation.
A particular solution to a differential equation (also called the solution to an initial-value problem) is a particular function that satisfies both a given differential equation and some specified ordered pair for the function.
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5. DE Questions
(1) For the differential equation y’ + 2y = 2ex, Leonard claims that the following function is a solution. Describe and illustrate at least two different ways we can verify or refute Leonard’s claim.
(2) Repeat problem (1) for the following differential equation and the proposed solution.
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6. DE Questions
(3) Population growth for a certain organism is modeled by this differential equation, with P measured in millions, t in years: (a) For what values of the population P will the population be growing? (b) For what values of the population P will the population be diminishing? (a) What, if any, are the equilibrium values of the population?
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7. DE Questions (4) Solve this initial-value problem:
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8. DE Warm-Ups
For the differential equation here, what are the constant solutions?
For the following differential equation, determine whether any of the functions that follow are solutions.
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16. knowing that (0,0) satisfies y
Solve the differential equation graphically by generating a slope field and then sketching in a solution:
y’ = 2x – y
knowing that (0,0) satisfies y
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17. with initial conditions (0,0)
y’ = 2x – y
with initial conditions (0,0)
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25. Solving Differential Equations
Solve for y: y’ = −y2
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26. Separable Differential Equations
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27. Separable Differential Equations
Solve for y: y’ = 3xy
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28. Separable Differential Equations
Solve for z: dz/dx+ 5ex+z = 0
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29. Separable Differential Equations
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