1. Determine the order of the differential 9.

Obtain a particular solution for the following

equation: differential equation, given x = 2 and y = 3.
3 7 2
2xyy' = 1 + y2
�d 2 y � �dy � 3 �dy � A. y = sqrt(5x - 1)
� 2 �+ 3y � �+ y � �= 5x
�dx � �dx � �dx � B. y = sqrt(2x + 1)
A. 1 B. 2 C. 3 D. 4 C. y = sqrt(x - 1)
D. y = sqrt(3x + 2)
2. Determine the degree of the differential
10. Solve for the general solution of the following
equation:
differential equation:
3 7 2
�d 2 y � �dy � 3 �dy � 3(3x2 + y2)dx - 2xydy = 0
� 2 �+ 3y � �+ y � �= 5x A. x3 = c(x2 + 9y2)
�dx � �dx � �dx �
B. x2 = c(9x2 + y2)
A. 1 B. 2 C. 3 D. 4
C. x3 = c(9x2 + y2)
D. x2 = c(x2 + 9y2)
3. Eliminate the arbitrary constant in the following
equation:
11. Which of the following differential equations is
x3 – 3x2y = c
EXACT?
A. (x – 2y)dx – xdy = 0 A. (x + y)dx + (x – y)dy = 0
B. (x + 2y)dx – xdy = 0 B. (x + 2y)dx + (x – y)dy = 0
C. (x – 2y)dx + xdy = 0 C. (x + y)dx + (2x – y)dy = 0
D. (x + 2y)dx + xdy = 0 D. All of the choices are correct.

4. Eliminate the arbitrary constant in the following 12. Solve for the general solution of the following
equation: DE
2xydx + (1 + x2)dy = 0
y = c1e -3x + c 2e3x
A. x2y + y = c C. x3y2 + x = c
A. y’’ – y’ – 6y = 0 B. xy2 + x = c D. x3y2 + y = c
B. y’’ – 2y’ – 6y = 0
C. 2y’’ – y’ – 6y = 0 13. Which of the following differential equations is
D. 2y’’ – y’ + 6y = 0 considered non-linear?
A. (x5 + 3y)dx – x dy = 0
5. Obtain the differential equation of the family of B. yy’’ – 2ycosx = sin x
straight lines with slope and y-intercept equal. C. y’’ – 2cosxy’ = sin x
A. ydy + (x+1)dx =0 D. y’ – (2/x)y = x
B. ydx + (x+1)dy = 0
C. ydy – (x+1)dx =0 14. Determine the integrating factor for the
D. ydx – (x+1)dy = 0 following differential equation:
y' - 3y = 6
6. Write a differential equation for the family of A. 3x B. e-3x C. -3x D. e3x
circles with center on the x-axis.
A. y’’ + y’ + 1 = 0 15. Solve for the particular solution of the
B. yy’’ + (y’)2 + 1 = 0 differential equation in the previous problem
C. y’’ + (y’)2 + 1 = 0 given that y = 6 when x = 0.
D. yy’’ - (y’)2 = 0 A. y = 8e3x – 2 C. y = 8e-3x – 2
3x
B. y = 4e + 2 D. y = 4e-3x + 2
7. The following differential equation represents a
family of what curves? 16. Solve for the general solution of the following
dx/y = dy/(1 - 2x) differential equation:
A. parabola C. circle y' + xy = xy2
B. hyperbola D. ellipse A. y = Ce(x^2/2) + 1
B. y = Ce(-x^2/2) + 1
8. Obtain a general solution to the following C. y-1 = Ce(x^2/2) + 1
differential equation: D. y-1 = Ce(-x^2/2) + 1
(1 + y2)dx + (1 + x2)dy = 0
A. tanx + tany + c 17. Solve for the general solution of the following
B. arctanx - arctany + c differential equation:
C. tanx - tany + c
D. arctanx + arctany + c
 y'' - 3y' + 4y = 0 24. Determine the Laplace transform of f(t) = sin 8t.
A. 8/(s^2 + 64) C. s/(s^2 + 64)
� 7 7 � B. 8/(s^2 - 64) D. s/(s^2 - 64)
A. y = e � x + c 2 sin
1.5x
c1 cos
� x�
� 2 2 ��
25. Find the Laplace transform of f(t) = e -t t cos 2t.
-1.5x
� 7 7 � A. (s2 + 2s – 3)/(s2 + 2s + 5)2
B. y = e c1 cos
�
� x + c 2 sin x� B. (s2 + 3s – 2)/(s2 + 5s + 2)2
� 2 2 �� C. (s2 - 2s + 3)/(s2 - 2s + 5)2
C. y = e
1.5x
(
c1 cos 7x + c 2 sin 7x ) D. (s2 - 3s – 2)/(s2 + 5s - 2)2

D. y = e
-1.5x
(
c1 cos 7x + c 2 sin 7x ) 26. Using partial fraction decomposition, determine
the value of B: (x+2) / (x2 – 7x + 12) = A / (x-4) +
B / (x-3).
18. Solve for y: (D3 - 3D2 + 3D - 1)y = 0
A. -3 C. -5
A. y = e-x(c1 + xc2 + x2c3)
B. -6 D. -7
B. y = ex(c1 + xc2 + x2c3)
C. y = ex(c1 + c2 + c3)
D. y = e-x(c1 + c2 + c3) -1 � s �
27. Evaluate: L �2 �
�s + 6
19. A bacteria culture is known to grow at a rate A. cos sqrt(6)t C. sin sqrt(6)t
proportional to the amount present. After one B. cosh sqrt(6)t D. sinh sqrt(6)t
hour, 1000 strands of the bacteria are observed
in the culture; and after four hours, 3000 28. Find the inverse Laplace transform of:
strands. Find the approximate number of s+3
strands of the bacteria originally in the culture. F(s) =
(s - 2)(s + 1)
A. 496 C. 694
B. 964 D. 946 A. (1/3)(5e2t + 2e-t)
B. (1/2)(5e2t - 2e-t)
C. (1/2)(5e2t + 2e-t)
20. A metal bar at a temperature of 100° F is placed
D. (1/3)(5e2t - 2e-t)
in a room at a constant temperature of 0°F. If
after 20 minutes the temperature of the bar is
50° F, find the time it will take the bar to reach a
temperature of 25° F
A. 39.6 min C. 49.6 min
B. 29.6 min D. 19.6 min

21. A body of mass 5 slugs is dropped from a height

of 100 ft with zero velocity. Assuming no air
resistance, find the time required to reach the
ground.
A. 2.5 secs C. 3.0 ses
B. 2.0 secs D. 1.5 secs

22. A tank initially holds 100 gal of a brine solution

containing 1 Ib of salt. At t = 0 another brine
solution containing 1 Ib of salt per gallon is
poured into the tank at the rate of 3 gal/min,
while the well-stirred mixture leaves the tank at
the same rate. Find the time at which the
mixture in the tank contains 2 Ib of salt.
A. 0.432 min C. 0.338 min
B. 0.823 min D. 0.243 min

23. Find the orthogonal trajectories of the family of

curves y = cx2
A. 0.5x^2 + y^2 = k
B. x^2 + y^2 = k
C. x^2 + 0.5y^2 = k
D. x^2 - y^2 = k