1.

Consider the predator-prey system

= 2 (1 ) 1.5
2.5

= + 0.8

And the solution curves in the phase plane on the right.
a. Sketch the () and () graphs for the solutions with initial points , , , and .
b. Interpret each solution curve in terms of the behavior of the populations over time.
2. Consider the initial-value problem
2
+=0
2
with (0) = 0 and (0) = (0) = 1.
a. Show that the function () = is a solution to this initial-value problem.
b. Plot the solution curve corresponding to this solution in the -plane.

3. =


=

a. Determine the vector field associated with the first-order system specified.
b. Sketch enough vectors in the vector field to get a sense of its geometric structure.
c. Briefly describe the behavior of the solutions.
4. Consider the modified predator-prey system

= 2 (1 ) 1.2
2

= + 0.9

Find all equilibrium solutions.

5. A harmonic oscillator equation for () is given.

2
2
+6 + 7 = 0

a. Sketch the associated direction field.
b. Using the guess-and-test method described in this section, find two nonzero solutions that
are not multiples of one another.
c. For each solution, plot both its solution curve in the -plane and its () and ()
graphs.
6. Consider the system

= 2 + 2


= + 3

For the given functions () = ((), ()), determine if () is a solution system.
a. ((), ()) = (2 , )
b. ((), ()) = (3 2 + , + 4 )
7. Consider the partially decoupled system

= 2 8 2


= 3

a. Derive the general solution.
b. Find the equilibrium points of the system.
c. Find the solution that satisfies the initial condition (0 , 0 ) = (0,1).
8. Consider the linear system
2 0
=( )
1 1
a. Show that the two functions
2
1 () = (0 ) and 2 () = ( 2 )
are solutions to the differential equation.
b. Solve the initial-value problem
2 0 2
=( ) , (0) = ( )
1 1 1
9. For the following second-order equation,
2
2
+5 + 6 = 0

a. Convert the equation to a first-order, linear system;
b. Compute the eigenvalues and eigenvectors of the system;
c. For each eigenvalue, pick an associated eigenvector , and determine the solution () to
the system;
d. Sketch the phase portrait for the second-order equation.
10. For the following system,
0 2
=( ) , with initial condition 0 = (1, 0)
2 0
a. Find the general solution;
b. Find the particular solution with the given initial value;
c. Sketch the () and () graphs of the particular solution.
11. Carbon-14 dating is a technique that is used to find the approximate age of organic material.
Based on the mass of a living organism, it is known how much Carbon-14 the organism contains
within its body. When the organism dies, the amount of Carbon-14 undergoes exponential
decay. We can use the exponential decay model to predict approximately how long ago the
organism was alive.
a. A particular organism is known to contain 0 grams of Carbon-14 when it is living. Write
down the initial value problem, i.e., the differential equation along with the initial
condition, that best describes the amount of Carbon-14 in this organisms body years
after it has died. Let represent the grams of Carbon-14 at time and let > 0 be the
decay rate parameter. Then, write down the solution to this IVP. You do NOT need to
show your work in how you arrive at this solution.

b. Given the half-life of Carbon-14 is about 5730 years, find from your differential
equation in part (a).

c. Suppose a fossil is discovered that contains 20% of the amount of carbon-14 than when
it was living. Estimate the age of this fossil.
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12. Let (, ) = + 2

a. Find the general solution to = (, ).

b. Solve the initial value problem = (, ), (0) = 2.


13. Consider the autonomous differential equation
= 2 (2 )( + 4).
a. Find all the equilibrium solutions of this differential equation and sketch the phase line.
Classify each equilibrium solution as a sink, source, or node.

b. Sketch the equilibrium solutions to the differential equation along with solutions that
satisfy each of the following initial conditions:
i. (0) = 6
ii. (0) = 2
iii. (0) = 1
iv. (0) = 3
14. Consider the differential equation

= 3 + 10 3

a. Find the general solution to this differential equation.
b. Find the solution that satisfies (0) = 2.
15. A 200 gallon tank is full of pure water. A pipe begins pumping a saltwater solution that contains
1 lb of salt per gallon into the tank at a rate of 3 gallons per minute. The well-mixed solution is
pumped out of the tank at a rate of 4 gallons per minute.
a. Find an equation that gives the amount of salt in the tank minutes after the pumping
begins.

b. What is the amount of salt in the tank when the tank is half-empty?

16. Consider the one-parameter family of differential equations of the form
= 3 + 2 8 +
The graph of () = 3 + 2 8 ( = 0) is shown below.

a. Find all the bifurcation values of this family.

b. Sketch phase lines for all -values at and around these bifurcation values.
17. Compute the Laplace transform of the given function from the definition.
() =
18. Compute the Laplace transform of both sides of the equation, and substitute the initial
conditions and solve for the Laplace transform of the solution. Find a function whose Lapace
transform is the same as the solution.

+ 5 = , (0) = 2

19. Find the inverse Laplace transform of the given function.
3
( 2)( 2)

20. Compute the Laplace transform of the function:

<
() = {
1