BEC198-DIFFERENTIAL EQUATIONS 7.

Find the differential equations of the family of lines through the

origin. Select one:
1 POINT
a. ydx - xdy = 0
1. Solve (cos x cos y - cot x) dx - sin x sin y dy = 0. Select one:
b. xdx + ydy = 0
a. sin x cos y = -ln(C cos)
c. xdy - ydx = 0
b. sin x cos y = ln (C cos x)
d. ydx + xdy = 0
c. sin x cos y = ln (C sin x)

d. sin x cos y = -ln (C sin x)

8. A mothball loses mass by evaporation at rate that is proportional
to the surface area. If half that mass is lost in 100 days, how long will
it take the radius to decreases to half its initial value? Select one:
2. The Laplace transform of t is
a. 234 days
Select one:
b. 255 days
a. 1/s-1
c. 275 days
b. 1/s2
d. 243 days
c. 2/s2

d. 1/s
9. The differential equation dv = (y2 - 3vy) dy is said to be? Select one:

a. linear in y
3. Determine the general solution of xdy + ydx = 0. Select one:
b. non linear in V
a. x + y = c
c. linear in V
b. ln x + ln y = c
d. non linear in x
c. xy = c

d. ln (xy) = c
10. The differential equation given is correctly described by which
one of the following choices: d2y/dx2 + bxy dy/dx = f(x). Select one:
4. A cylindrical tank is 12ft. In diameter and 8=9 ft high. Water flows
a. linear,second order homogenous
into the tank at the rate of /10 cuft/sec. It has a hole radius 1/2 inch
at the bottom. The time the tank will be full if initially it is empty is? b. non linear, second order, homogenous
Select one:
c. linear. Second order, non homogenous
a. 56 min
d. non-linear, second order, non homogenous
b. 65 min

c. 76 min

d. 50 min 11. A spherical tank whose inner diameter is 2 meters is filled with
water (density 1 g/cc). If a tank has a hole 1 cm in diameter at the
bottom, the time the tank will be totally empty is? Select one:

5. The differential equation (x2 +4xy+y2) dx – xy dy = 0 is? Select one: a. 2.41 hrs.

a. homogenous b. 4.21 hrs.

b. variable separable c. 3.61 hrs.

c. linear differential equation d. 6.31 hrs.

d. exact

12. A cylindrical tank is 12ft. In diameter and 8=9 ft high. Water flows
into the tank at the rate of /10 cuft/sec. It has a hole radius 1/2 inch
6. What is the order of the differential equation (4 + y") 1/3 = e2x. at the bottom. The time the tank will be full if initially it is empty is?
Select one: Select one:
a. three a. 50 min
b. one-third b. 65 min
c. two c. 76 min
d. one d. 56 min
13. Calculate the time in hrs, that it will take to reach the fatal conc.
Of 40% methane in a kitchen measuring 15 ft x 12.5 ft x8 ft for a
leaking stove. The rate of leak is 15 cuft of 100% methane/hr.
Assume no fresh air is coming in. The gas rate is measured at the rate
conditions prevailing in the kitchen. Select one:
19. A new water pump has a capacity of 60 cu m/day. If its capacity
goes down by 15% every year, in how many years will the capacity go
down to 20 cu m/day? Select one:
a. 4.72 yrs.

b. 7.32 yrs.
a. 40 hrs.
c. 8.6 yrs.
b. 50 hrs.
d. 3.72 yrs.
c. 30 hrs.

d. 45 hrs.
20. Solve the equation y"+6y+9y=0subject to the conditions y(0) = -4
and y(0) = 5. Select one:
14. Solve the differential equation : x(y - x = 1,determine y when x = 2.
Select one: a. y = (-11x-4) e3x

a. 1.48 b. y = (-7x-4) e3x

b. 1.8 c. y = (11x-4) e-3x

c. 1.63 d. y = (-7x-4) e-3x

d. 1.55

21. What is the order of the differential equation (4 + y")1/3 = e2x ?

Select one:
15. A water container whose circular cross section is 6 ft in diameter
and whose height is 8 ft. is filled with water. It has a hole at the a. one-third
bottom of radius 1 inch. The time it will take if the tank rests on
b. three
support so that its 8 ft height is in a horizontal direction and the hole
in its bottom is? Select one: c. one

a. 25.46 min d. two

b. 24.95 min

c. 28.95 min 22. Find the general solution of y' = ysec x. Select one:
d. 29.4 min a. y = C (sec x + tan x)

b. y = C sec x tan x

16. A new water pump has a capacity of 60 cu m/day. If its capacity c. y = C (sec x - tan x)
goes down by 15% every year, in how many years will the capacity go
down to 20 cu m/day? Select one: d. y = C (sec2 x - tan y)

a. 4.72 yrs.

b. 8.6 yrs. 23. The order of the differential equation is?

c. 3.72 yrs.

d. 7.32 yrs.

17. The order of the differential equation is?

a. 3

b. 2

c. 1

d. 4

a. 3

b. 4 24. A 50 lb iron ball is heated to 200oF and then plunged immediately

into a vessel containing 100b lbs of water whose temperature is
c. 6
40oF. The specific heat of iron is 0.11 Btu/lboF. The common
d. 2 temperature, approached by the iron and water as time approaches
infinity is? Select one:

a. 38.43oF
18. The equation y2 = cx is the general solution of? Select one:
b. 58.4oF
a. y' = 2y/x
c. 48.34oF
b. y' = y/2x
d. 68.5oF
c. y' = 2x/y

d. y' = x/2y
25. The Laplace transform of et is? Select one: 30. Find the equation of the orthogonal trajectories of the system of
parabolas y2=2x+C.
a. 1/(s-1)2
Select one:
b. 1/(s-1)
a. y = C e-2x
c. 1/s
b. y = C e-x
d. 1/(s+1)
c. y = C e2x

d. y = C ex
2POINTS

26. The population of a certain municipality increases at a rate to the

square root of the population. If the present population is 90,000, 31. A 1000 ft3 storage tank is filled with natural gas at 80oF and 1
how long will it take for the population to reach 160,000? Select one: atm pressure. The tank is flushed out with nitrogen gas at 80oF and 1
atm pressure, at a constant rate of 300 cfm. The flushing process is
a. 200 years carried out at constant temperature and pressure, under conditions
b. 150 years of perfect mixing in the tank at all times. The time required to reach a
gas composition of 95 vol. % nitrogen in the tank is nearest yo. Select
c. 180 years one:
d. 210 years a. 5 min

b. 10 min

27. A substance containing 10 lbs. of moisture is placed in a scaled c. 7 min

room whose vol.is 2000 cu.ft and which when saturated can hold
0.015 lbs.moisture/cu.ft. Initially the air contains 30% of the moisture d. 3 min
which it can hold when saturated. If the substance loses 4 lbs. of
moisture content? Assume the substance loses moisture content and
the different between the moisture at a rate that is proportional to 32. The differential equation is?
the moisture content and the difference between the moisture
content of the saturated air and the moisture content of the air.
Select one:

a. 8.3 hrs
a. exact
b. 3.8 hrs
b. linear but not homogenous
c. 5.6 hrs
c. variable separable
d. 4.76 hrs.
d. linear and homogenous

28. A tank and its contents weigh 100 lbs. The average heat capacity
of the system is 0.5 Btu/ lb.F. The liquid in the tank is heated by an 33. A certain substance increases at a rate proportional to the square
immersion heater which delivers 100 Btu/min. Heat is lost from the of the instantaneous amount. After 5 days the amount is doubled.
system at a rate proportional to the difference between the Determine the time before the amount is tripled. Select one:
temperature of the system (assumed uniform throughout at any
a. 20/3
instant) and the temperature of the surrounding air, the
proportionality constant being 2 Btu/minoF. If the air temperature b. 45/3
remains constant at 70oF and if the initial temperature of the tank
and its contents is 55oF, the temperature of the tank as a function of c. 40/3
the is? Select one: d. 25/3
a. T=-120+65e-t/25

b. T=120+65et/25
34. If dy = x2dx, what is the equation of y in terms of x if the curve
c. T=120-65e-t/25 passes through (1, 1)? Select one:

d. T=12-6.5e-t/25 a. x3 - 3y + 2 = 0

b. x2 - 3y + 3 = 0

29. The general solution of the ordinary different equation with c = c. x3 + 3y + 2 = 0

constant is? Select one:
d. 2y + x3 + 2 = 0
a. - In(1 - 2 y) = x 22 + c

b. 2 y = 1 + ce-x2
35. Solve xy'(2y -1) = y(1-x). Select one:
c. - 1 In(1 - 2 y) = x22 + c
a. ln (xy) = 2y - x + C
d. In(1 - 2y) = x2 + c
b. ln (xy) = x + 2y + C

c. ln (xy) = x - 2y + C

d. ln (xy) = 2 (x - y) + C
36. A certain substance increases at a rate proportional to the square
of the instantaneous amount. After 5 days the amount is doubled.
Determine the time before the amount is tripled. Select one:
a. 20/3
b. 25/3
5 POINTS
42. Radium decomposes at a rate proportional to the amount at any
instant. In 100 years, 100 mg of radium decomposes to 96 mg. How
many mg will be left after 100 years? Select one:
a. 88.6

c. 45/3 b. 95.32

d. 40/3 c. 90.72

d. 92.16

37. A certain quantity increases at a rate proportional to q itself. If q =

25 when t = 0 and q = 75 when t =2, find q when t = 6. Select one:
43. A body weighing 1960 N is pulled by a constant force of 492 N
a. 576 along a horizontal plane where in the coefficient of friction between
the body and the plane id 0.20. Determine the velocity after 20
b. 657
seconds. Select one:
c. 756
a. 9.06 m/s
d. 675
b. 8.25 m/s

c. 13.1 m/s
38. Find the equation of the curve at every point at which the d. 10.57 m/s
tangent line has a slope of 2x. Select one:

a. x = -y2 + C
44. A tank initially contains 400 liters of water. Salt solution,
b. y = -x2 + C containing 1/8 kg of salt per liter of solution flows into the tank at the
rate of 8 li/min and the solution, kept well-stirred, flows out of the
c. x = y2 + C
tank at the rate of 4 li/min. find the amount of salt in the tank after
d. y = x2 + C 100 minutes. Select one:

a. 85 kg

b. 80 kg
39. Solve the differential equation dy - xdx = 0, if the curve passes
through (1, 0). Select one: c. 75 kg
2
a. x - 2y -1 = 0 d. 70 kg
2
b. 2x + 2y - 2 = 0

c. 2y + x2 - 1 = 0

d. 3x2 + 2y - 3 = 0 45. Solve

a. y= -x5+cx6
40. What is the differential equation of a family of parabolas having b. y=-x6+cx5
their vertices at the origin and their vertices on the x-axis? Select
one: c. y=x6+cx5
a. xdy + ydx = 0 d. y=x5+cx6
b. 2xdy - ydx = 0

c. dy/dx - x = 0
46. What is the general solution of (D3 -3D2 - 4D + 12) y = 0. Select
d. 2ydx - xdy = 0 one:

a. y = C1e2x + C2e3x + C3e-2x

b. y = C1e-x + C2e-4x + C3e3x

41. A low radioactive material is used in biochemical process to
induce biological mutation. The isotope is made in the experimental c. y = C1e2x + C2e-2x + C3e-3x
reactor of the Philippine Atomic Energy Commission, now Philippine
Nuclear Research Institute, and ship to the chemical plant. It has a d. y = C1ex + C2e2x + C3e-6x
half-life of 8.06 days. The plant receive the shipment of the
radioactive material which on arrival contain 1 gram of the
47. Solve the equation
radioactive material. The plant uses the material at the rate of 0.1
gram per week. The time it will take for the radioactivity to last is?
Select one: a.
a. 4.34 weeks
b.
b. 3.24 weeks

c. 4.74 weeks c.
d. 5.4 weeks
d.
48. Solve the homogenous equation (x2+y2) dx+2xy dy = 0. Select one: 53. Find the differential equation whose general solution is y = C1x +
C2 ex. Select one:
a. x(x2+2y2)=c
a. (x + 1)y" - xy' + y = 0
b. x2(x2+2y2)=c
b. (x + 1)y" + xy' +y = 0
c. x2(x2+3y2) = c

d. x(x2<+3y2) = c c. (x - 1)y" + xy' + y = 0

d. (x - 1)y" - xy' + y = 0

49. Sugar decomposes in water at a rate proportional to the amount

still unchanged. If there were 50 kg of sugar present initially and at
54. When a simple electric circuit, containing no condensers but
the end of 5 hours this is reduced to 20 kg, how long will it take until
having inductance and resistance, has the electromotive force
90% of the sugar is decomposed? Select one:
removed, the rate of decrease of current is proportional to the
a. 12.56 hr current. The current is i amperes t seconds after the cutoff, and i = 40
when t = 0. If the current dies down to 15 amperes in 0.01 sec, fid i
b. 15.72 hr after 0.1 sec. Select one:
c. 16.41hr a. 0.004amp
d. 14.12 hr b. 0.002amp

c. 0.003amp
50. A 10-ohm resistor and a 5-henry inductor are connected in series d. 0.001amp
with to a 50-volt source at time t = 0. Express the current I as a
function of time. Select one:

a. i = 5(1 - e)2t

b. i = 5(1 - e2t)

c. i = 5(e2t - 1)

d. i = 5(1 - e-2t)

51. A body whose temperature is 180o is immersed in a liquid which

is kept at a constant temperature of 60o. In 10 minutes the
temperature of the immersed body decreased to 120o. How long will
it take for the body's temperature to decrease to 90o? Select one:

a. 20 min.

b. 18 min.

c. 25 min.

d. 15 min.

52. Solve the equation

a. y =cIe5x+ c2e3x

b. y =cIe-5x+ c2e-3x

c. y =(cIx+ c2)e3x

d. y =(cIx+ c2)e-5x