Science:Math Exam Resources/Courses/MATH215/April 2014/Question 01 (b)
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Question 01 (b) |
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Solve for , subject to . |
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Try factoring the right-hand side. |
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Solution |
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Please rate my easiness! It's quick and helps everyone guide their studies. Note that we can factor the right-hand side: . Therefore
and hence the problem is really just a disguised exercise in separation of variables. Continuing, we find
( a constant of integration), or solving for ,
(where ). The constant is determined from the initial condition ; this gives . Upon simplification, we therefore conclude that
To check our answer, we can differentiate it (exercise) to make sure it does indeed satisfy the given differential equation. |