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DIFFERENTIAL EQUATIONS COMPETENCY EXAM
NAME. _______________________
Date:JULY 8, 2014
Instructor: ENGR. L.A. CARRILLO
Instruction: Give the step by step solution to problem
solving questions
1. A certain radioactive material loses mass at a rate
proportional to the mass present. If the material has a half
life of 30 minutes, what percent of the original mass is
expected to remain after 0.9 hour?
45% b. 11% c. 29% d. 33%
2. The rate at which radioactive nuclei decay is proportional
to the number of such nuclei that are present in a given
sample. Half of the original number of radioactive nuclei
have undergone disintegration in a period of 1500 years.
What percentage of the original radioactive nuclei will
remain after 4500 years?
a.13.2% b. 12.5% c. 8.4% d. 1.5%
3. In how many years will only one- tenth of the original
number remain?
a. 3442 b. 4985 c. 1256 d. 2500
4. The temperature inside a house is 70°F. A thermometer
is taken outside after being inside the house for enough
time for it to read 70°. The outside air temperature is 10°F.
After three minutes the thermometer reading is found to be
25°F. Find the reading on the thermometer as a function of
time.
a. u(t)=10 + 20e-0.46t b. u(t)=10 + 20e-0.43t
c. u(t)=20 + 60e-0.36t d. u(t)=10 + 60e-0.46t
5. A metal bar at a temperature of 100°F is placed in a
room at a constant temperature of 0°F. If after 20 minutes
the temperature of the bar is 50°F, find (a) the time it will
take the bar to reach a temperature of 25°F?
a. 39.6 mins b. 43.1mins
c. 15.28mins d. 12.1 mins
6. A pipe 10 cm in diameter contains steam at 100°C. It is
covered with asbestos 5cm. thick, the thermal conductivity
of which, k= 0.00060 cal/cm sec. The outside surface is at
30°C. Find the heat loss per hour from a meter length of
pipe.
a. 11,840cal/hr b. 140,000 cal/hr
c. 125,256 cal/hr d. 36,000 cal/hr
7. A tank with a base 2 feet square has 4 feet of water in it.
A 2 inch diameter circular orifice is located at the bottom.
How long will it take for the tank to empty itself?
a. 4/ b. 2/ c. 3/ d. 8/
8. A tank initially holds 100 gallons of a brine solution
containing 20 lb of salt. At t =0 , fresh water is poured into
the tank at the rate of 5 gal/min, while the well –stirred
mixture leaves the tank at the same rate. Find the amount
of salt in the tank at any time t.
a. S = 10e-t/5 b. S = 20e-t/20
c. S = 20e -t/5 d. S = 5e-t/10
9. A tank of 100 gal capacity is initially full of water. Pure
water is allowed to run into the tank at the rate of 1 gallon
per minute, and at the same time brine containing ¼ pound
of salt per gallon flows into the tank also at the rate of 1
gallon per minute. The mixture flows out at the rate of 2
gallons per minute. ( It is assumed that there is perfect
mixing). Find the amount of salt in the tank after t minutes.
a. S= 22/2 ( 1 – e-t/30) b. S= 25/3 ( 1 – e-t/30)
c. S= 25/2 ( 1 – e-t/50) d. S= 15/2 ( 1 – e-t/10)
10.
which 60 lb of salt are dissolved. At t=0, the solution in the
tank is drawn off at the rate of 5 gal/sec. The tank is refilled
at the same rate with a solution that contains 1 /10 lb of
salt per gallon. Find an expression for the amount of salt
that is in the solution in the tank at time t.
a. S = 10 + 20 e-t/40 b. S = 5 + 10 e-t/30
c. S = 5 + 20 e -t/30 d. S = 20 + 40 e-t/40
11. 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 bottom of radius 1 inch. The time it will take if the
tank rests on support so that its 8 ft height is in a horizontal
direction and the hole in its bottom is
a. 24.95 min b. 25.46 min c. 29.4 min d. 28.95 min
12. The rate at which a solid substance dissolves varies
directly as the amount of undissolved solid present in the
solvent and the difference between the saturation
concentration of the substance and the instantaneous
concentration of the solution. Five grams of A are placed in
100 cc of solvent B. The solution when saturated will hold 10
grams of A. If two grams of A dissolves in 1 hour, how many
grams of A will be in solution is 2 hours?
a. 4 g b. 3 g c. 5 g d. 7 g
13. A new water pump has a capacity of 60 m3/day. If its
capacity goes down by 15% every year, in how many years will
the capacity go down to 20 m3/day?
a. 3.72 years b. 4.72 years c. 7.32 years d. 8.6 years
14.. Calculate the time in hours that it will take to reach the
fatal concentration of 40% methane in a kitchen measuring 15
ft x 12.5 ft x 8 ft for a leaking stove. The rate of leak is 15 ft3 of
100% methane per hour. Assume no fresh air is coming in.
The gas rate is measured at the rate conditions prevailing in
the kitchen.
a. 50 hours b. 40 hours c. 30 hours d. 45 hours
15. A 2lb mass is dropped from a great height. Air
resistance is proportional to kv2 where k = 1/20,000. Find
the velocity when the mass has fallen 1000ft.
a.162.3b. 158.7 c. 178.6 d. 175.4
16. The attraction of a spherical mass on a particle within
the mass is directed toward the center of the sphere and is
proportional to the distance from the center. Suppose a
straight tube were bored through the center of the earth
and a particle of mass m lb were dropped into the tube. If
the radius of the earth is 3960mi, find how long it will take
to pass through the tube? Neglect resistance.
a. 42.2 min b. 14.1 min c. 15.3 min d. 48.6min
17. An RL circuit has an emf of 5 volts, a resistance of 50
ohms and an inductance of 1 henry. There is no initial
current in the circuit. Find the current in the circuit at any
time t.
a. i(t)= 1/10 ( 1- e-50t ) b. i(t)= 1/50 ( 1- e-20t )
c. i(t)= 1/5 ( 1- e-50t ) d. i(t)= 1/50 ( 1- e-10t )
18. What is the velocity of a projectile at an altitude of
8,000 feet after it was fired directly upward from the ground
with a muzzle velocity of 1,000 feet per second?
a. 130 ft/sec b. 616 ft/sec
c. 158ft/sec d. 700 ft/sec
19. A body of mass 5 slugs is dropped from a height of 100
feet with zero velocity. Assuming no air resistance, find the
time required to reach the ground.
a. 4.3 sec b. 1.33 sec c. 2.5 sec d. 0.95 sec
20. . How can differential equation A(t) d2x/dt2 + B(t) dx/dt + C
= D(t) can be described?
a. linear, homogeneous and first order
b. homogeneous and first order
c. linear, second order and non-homogeneous
d. second order and non homogeneous