MATH 2341

FINAL EXAM

NAME______________________________________

SPRING 2015
INSTRUCTOR__________________

SHOW ALL WORK. ANSWERS DIRECTLY FROM YOUR CALCULATOR WILL RECEIVE
NO CREDIT.

_____ (problem 1 out of 7 points)

_____ (problem 2 out of 6 points)
_____ (problem 3 out of 22 points)
_____ (problem 4 out of 11 points)
_____ (problem 5 out of 10 points)
_____ (problem 6 out of 12 points)
_____ (problem 7 out of 23 points)
_____ (problem 8 out of 9 points)
TOTAL: _____ (out of 100 points)

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1 Given the linear system -2x1 + hx2 = 1 , determine all values of h and k such that the system has
6x1 + kx2 = -2
(A) no solution

(B) a unique solution

(C) infinitely many solutions

(7 points)

0
k
k 5
0
k 1 0

2
0
k
2 Let A =

. Determine all values of k such that A -1 exists.

(6 points)

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3 A mass of

1 kg is attached to a spring with constant k =4

N/m.

(A) Suppose the spring system is attached to a dashpot with damping constant
no external force. The mass is set in motion with initial position
velocity

x ' ( 0 )=0 . Find

x ( t ) , the position of the mass at time

in amplitude-phase form. Give a qualitative plot of

c=2 , but there is

x ( 0 )=3

and initial

t . Express your answer

x(t ) .
(11 points)

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(B) Suppose the there is no dashpot but there is an external force of

condition is the same as before:

x ( 0 )=1 and

F( t)=8 sin 2 t . The initial

x ' ( 0 )=0 . Find the equation of motion x(t).

(11 points)

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4 Use the Laplace transform to solve the following initial value problem.

y + y = f(t ), y(0) = 0, y(0) = 0 and f(t) =

1, t 1

2, t 1

(11 points)

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5 Find a basis for the nullspace of A =

1 2 1 3 3
2 5 6 10 12

and state its dimension.

(10 points)

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6 For each of the following sets of vectors, determine if:

(i) the vectors are linearly dependent or linearly independent
(ii) the vectors span R3
(iii) the vectors form a basis for R3
(A) S = { (1, -1, 2), (0, 1, 1) }

(4 points)

(B) S = { (2, 2, 3), (-1, -2, 1), (0, 1, 0) }

(4 points)

(C) S = { (1, 0, 0), (0, 1, 0), (0, 0, 1), (1, 1, 1) }

(4 points)

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2 0 0
0 3 15

0 0 2
7 (A) Find the eigenvalues and corresponding eigenvectors of the matrix A =

.
(10 points)

(B) State the algebraic and geometric multiplicity of each of the eigenvalues in (A).

(4 points)

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(C) Suppose that the matrix in (A) is the coefficient matrix for the nonhomogeneous system below.

2
0

2 0 0
0 3 15

0 0 2
x =
Find the general solution to the system.

x +

.
(9 points)

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8 (A) Consider the following mixing problem.

A large tank contains 1000 liters of water in which 1/2 mg per liter of chlorine is dissolved.
Water containing 2 mg of dissolved chlorine per liter flows into the tank at the rate of 100 L/min
and the well-stirred mixture runs out of the tank at the rate of 70 L/min. How much chlorine is in
the tank at time t?
Write the linear differential equation and initial condition which model this situation. DO NOT
SOLVE YOUR EQUATION.
(5 points)

(B) Were you to solve the linear equation that you derived in (A), what integrating factor would be
needed?
(4 points)

TABLE OF LAPLACE TRANSFORMS

FUNCTION

TRANSFORM

k/s

tn

n!/sn+1

eat

1/(s a)

tn eat

n!/(s a)n+1

cos (kt)

s/(s2 + k2)

sin (kt)

k/(s2 + k2)

eat cos (kt)

(s a)/[(s a)2 + k2]

eat sin (kt)

k/[(s a)2 + k2]

t sin (kt)

2ks/(s2 + k2)2

t cos (kt)

(s2 - k2) /(s2 + k2)2

The Step Function

u(t a)

e-as/s

The Delta Function

(t a)

e-as

First Shifting Theorem

eat f(t)

Second Shifting Theorem

Transform of Derivatives

u(t a) f(t a)
y
y

F(s - a)
e-as F(s)
s Y(s) - y(0)
s2 Y(s) - s y(0) - y(0)