DIFFERENTIAL EQUATION A.

First Order
EVALUATION (QUIZ) B. Second Order
C. Third Order
D. Fourth Order
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7. From problem 6, What is the degree?
Test 1 (MCQ)
INSTRUCTION : A. First degree
Encircle the letter of the correct answer. B. Second degree
C. Third degree
D. Fourth degree
1. Obtain the differential equation of the
family of straight lines with slope and y- 8. If an ordinary differential equation
intercept equal. has a degree, must it be linear?

A. 𝑦𝑑𝑦 + (𝑥 + 1)𝑑𝑥 = 0 A. Absolutely NO

B. 𝑦𝑑𝑦 − (𝑥 + 1)𝑑𝑥 = 0 B. Absolutely YES
C. Slightly NO
C. 𝑦𝑑𝑥 + (𝑥 + 1)𝑑𝑦 = 0
D. Slightly YES
D. 𝒚𝒅𝒙 − (𝒙 + 𝟏)𝒅𝒚 = 𝟎
9. Determine the order and degree of the
2. What is the particular solution of differential equation
𝑑𝑟
= −4𝑟𝑡 when t=0, r=ro (2xy − y 2 ) dx + 2x dx = 0
𝑑𝑡

2
A. First Order , First Degree
A. 𝑟 = 2𝑟𝑜 𝑒 −2𝑡 B. Second Order , First Degree
2
B. 𝑟 = 𝑟𝑜 𝑒 −𝑡 C. Third Order, Second Degree
2 D. Fourth Order , Third degree
C. 𝑟 = 𝑟𝑜 𝑒 2𝑡
𝟐
D. 𝒓 = 𝒓𝒐 𝒆−𝟐𝒕 10. Must a linear ordinary differential
always have a degree?
3. What is the general solution of the
differential equation 𝑥𝑦𝑑𝑥 − (𝑥 + 2)𝑑𝑦 = 0 A. No, and the degree is always 1
B. Yes, and the degree is always 1
A. 𝑒 𝑥 = 𝑦(𝑥 + 2)2 C. Yes, and the degree is always 0
B. 𝒆𝒙 = 𝒄𝒚(𝒙 + 𝟐)𝟐 D. No, and the degree is always 2
C. 𝑒 𝑥 = 𝑐𝑦(𝑥 + 2)
11. Determine the order and degree of the
D. 𝑒 𝑥 = 2𝑐𝑦(𝑥 + 2) differential equation
3 2
d2 y d3 y
4. What is the general solution of 𝑦 ′ = 𝑥𝑦 2 x[ ] +( ) − 10 = 0
dx2 dx3

A. 𝒚(𝒙𝟐 + 𝒄) + 𝟐 = 𝟎 A. Second order, third degree

B. First order, Third degree
B. 𝑦(𝑥 2 + 𝑐) − 2 = 0 C. Third order, second degree
C. (𝑥 2 + 𝑐) + 2 = 0 D. Third order, first degree
D. 𝑦(𝑥 + 𝑐) − 2 = 0
12. Determine the order and degree of the
5. Solve (𝑥 2 + 𝑦)𝑑𝑥 + (𝑦 3 + 𝑥)𝑑𝑦 = 0 differential equation
(x − 1)ÿ + xy ′ + y = 0
𝒙𝟑 𝒚𝟒
A. + 𝒙𝒚 + =𝒄 A. Second order, first degree
𝟑 𝟒
𝑥3 𝑦4 B. Third order, first degree
B. +𝑥+𝑦+ =𝑐 C. First order, first degree
3 4
𝑥3 𝑦4 D. First order, second degree
C. + 𝑥𝑦 − =𝑐
3 4
𝑥3 𝑦4
D. − 𝑥𝑦 2 + =𝑐
3 4
13. It is known that y(x) passes through
6. Determine the order of the differential the points (0,2) and (1,4). Solve for y(x)
equation: 𝑑2 𝑦
if the second derivative is =1
𝑑𝑥 2
𝑑4 𝑦 𝑑𝑦 3
5𝑡 + 3𝑡 2 ( ) − (sin 𝑡)𝑦 = 0.
𝑑𝑡 4 𝑑𝑡
 A. 𝑦 = (𝑥 2 + 3𝑥) + 2
𝟏
B. 𝒚 = (𝒙𝟐 + 𝟑𝒙) + 𝟐
𝟐
1 _________6. Solve the differential
C. 𝑦 = (𝑥 2 − 3𝑥) − 2
2 equation: 𝑥(𝑦 − 1)𝑑𝑥 + (𝑥 + 1)𝑑𝑦 = 0 if y=2
1
D. 𝑦 = (𝑥 2 + 3𝑥) − 2 when x = 1, determine y when x =2
2

14. What is a solution of the first-order Ans. 1.55

difference equation 𝑦(𝑘 + 1) = 𝑦(𝑘) + 5?
_________7. If 𝑑𝑦 = 𝑥 2 𝑑𝑥 ; What is the
5 equation of y in terms of x if the curve
A. 𝑦(𝑘) = 4 −
𝑘
passes through (1,1)?
B. 𝑦(𝑘) = 𝐶 − 𝑘, 𝑤ℎ𝑒𝑟𝑒 𝐶 𝑖𝑠 𝑐𝑜𝑛𝑠𝑡𝑎𝑛𝑡
1−5𝑘
C. 𝑦(𝑘) = 5𝑘 + Ans. 𝒙𝟑 − 𝟑𝒚 + 𝟐 = 𝟎
−4
D. 𝒚(𝒌) = 𝟐𝟎 + 𝟓𝒌
_________8. Find the equation of the curve
15. Which of the following is a at every point of which the tangent line
differential equation of the first order? has a slope of 2x.

A. (𝑦”)3 + 2𝑦 ′ = −3 Ans. 𝒚 = 𝒙𝟐 + 𝒄
𝜕𝑄 𝜕𝑄
B. − =0
𝜕𝑥 𝜕𝑦 _________9. Find the general solution of
𝒅𝒚 𝟗−𝒙
C. + = 𝒚𝟑 𝑦 ′ = 𝑦𝑠𝑒𝑐𝑥
𝒅𝒙 𝒙
𝑑𝑦 (2)
D. ( ) = −𝑦 + 𝑥 Ans. 𝒚 = 𝑪(𝒔𝒆𝒄𝒙 + 𝒕𝒂𝒏𝒙)
𝑑𝑥

_________10. What is the differential

Test 2 equation of the family of parabolas having
Solve the following differential equation and write your their vertices at the origin and their
answer on the blank. foci on the x-axis?

_________1. Solve the equation Ans. 𝟐𝒙𝒅𝒚 − 𝒚𝒅𝒙 = 𝟎

𝑑𝑦 2
+ (𝑦) = 6𝑥 3
𝑑𝑥 𝑥
Test 3 ( Applications / MCQ )
Ans. 𝒙𝟐 𝒚 = 𝒙𝟔 + 𝒄
Solve the following applications of differential equation
_________2. Solve the equation and encircle the letter of the correct answer.
𝑥𝑑𝑦 + 𝑦𝑑𝑥 = 2𝑥 2 𝑦𝑑𝑥
1. Radium decomposes at a rate
𝟐 proportional to the amount at any instant.
Ans. 𝐥𝐧|𝒙𝒚| = 𝒙 + 𝒄
In 150 years, 150 mg of radium decomposes
_________3. What Integrating factor should
to 100 mg. How many mg will be left after
be multiplied on the differential equation
𝑑𝑦 3𝑥 2 +𝑦 2
150 years?
= to make it exact?
𝑑𝑥 2𝑥𝑦
𝟏
A. 92.16 mg
Ans. B. 66.67 mg
𝒙𝟐
C. 80.88 mg
_________4. What is the solution to the
D. 77.77 mg
following differential equation?
𝑦" − 8𝑦′ + 16𝑦 = 0 2. Radium decomposes at a rate
Ans. 𝒚 = (𝑪𝟏 + 𝑪𝟐𝒙)𝒆 𝟒𝒙 proportional to the amount present. If
three-fourth of the original amount
_________5. The equation 𝑦 2 = 𝑐𝑥 is the disappears after 1000 years, what is the
general solution of? percentage lost in 100 years?
𝒚
Ans. 𝒚′ =
𝟐𝒙 A. 10.94% C. 12.94%
B. 11.94% D. 13.94%
3. Find the equation of the family of
orthogonal trajectories of the system of
parabolas 𝑦 2 = 2𝑥 + 𝑐

A. 𝒚 = 𝑪𝒆−𝒙
B. 𝑦 = 𝐶𝑒 2𝑥
C. 𝑦 = 𝐶𝑒 𝑥
D. 𝑦 = 𝐶𝑒 −2𝑥

4. According to Newton’s law of cooling,

the rate at which a substance cools in air
is directly proportional to the difference
between the temperature of the substance
and that of air. If the temperature of the
air is 30o and the substance cools from
100o to 70o in 15 minutes, how long will it
take to cool 100o to 50o?

A. 33.59 min
B. 43.50 min
C. 35.39 min
D. 45.30 min

5. A tank originally contains 100 gal of

fresh water. Then water containing ½ lb of
salt per 2 gallon is poured into the tank
at a rate of 2 gal/min, and the mixture is
allowed to leave at the same rate. What is
the amount of salt after 30 mins?

A. 22.60 lbs
B. 22.50 lbs
C. 22.40 lbs
D. 22.30 lbs

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