Chapter 7

Calculus: Early Transcendental Functions · 135 exercises

Problem 1

Find and interpret all equilibrium points for the predator-prey model. $$\left\\{\begin{array}{l}x^{\prime}=0.2 x-0.2 x^{2}-0.4 x y \\\ y^{\prime}=-0.1 y+0.2 x y\end{array}\right.$$

4 step solution

Problem 1

Determine whether the differential equation is separable. $$y^{\prime}=(3 x+1) \cos y$$

3 step solution

Problem 1

Find the solution of the given differential equation satisfying the indicated initial condition. $$y^{\prime}=4 y, y(0)=2$$

3 step solution

Problem 2

Construct four of the direction field arrows by hand and use your CAS or calculator to do the rest. Describe the general pattern of solutions. $$y^{\prime}=\sqrt{x^{2}+y^{2}}$$

4 step solution

Problem 2

Find and interpret all equilibrium points for the predator-prey model. $$\left\\{\begin{array}{l}x^{\prime}=0.4 x-0.1 x^{2}-0.2 x y \\\ y^{\prime}=-0.2 y+0.1 x y\end{array}\right.$$

3 step solution

Problem 2

Determine whether the differential equation is separable. $$y^{\prime}=2 x(\cos y-1)$$

3 step solution

Problem 2

Find the solution of the given differential equation satisfying the indicated initial condition. $$y^{\prime}=3 y, y(0)=-2$$

4 step solution

Problem 3

Find and interpret all equilibrium points for the predator-prey model. $$\left\\{\begin{array}{l}x^{\prime}=0.3 x-0.1 x^{2}-0.2 x y \\\ y^{\prime}=-0.2 y+0.1 x y\end{array}\right.$$

4 step solution

Problem 3

Determine whether the differential equation is separable. $$y^{\prime}=(3 x+y) \cos y$$

3 step solution

Problem 3

Find the solution of the given differential equation satisfying the indicated initial condition. $$y^{\prime}=-3 y, y(0)=5$$

3 step solution

Problem 4

Find and interpret all equilibrium points for the predator-prey model. $$\left\\{\begin{array}{l}x^{\prime}=0.1 x-0.1 x^{2}-0.4 x y \\\ y^{\prime}=-0.1 y+0.2 x y\end{array}\right.$$

3 step solution

Problem 4

Determine whether the differential equation is separable. $$y^{\prime}=2 x(y-x)$$

3 step solution

Problem 4

Find the solution of the given differential equation satisfying the indicated initial condition. $$y^{\prime}=-2 y, y(0)=-6$$

4 step solution

Problem 5

Find and interpret all equilibrium points for the predator-prey model. $$\left\\{\begin{array}{l}x^{\prime}=0.2 x-0.1 x^{2}-0.4 x y \\\ y^{\prime}=-0.3 y+0.1 x y\end{array}\right.$$

4 step solution

Problem 5

Determine whether the differential equation is separable. $$y^{\prime}=x^{2} y+y \cos x$$

2 step solution

Problem 5

Find the solution of the given differential equation satisfying the indicated initial condition. $$y^{\prime}=2 y, y(1)=2$$

5 step solution

Problem 6

Find and interpret all equilibrium points for the predator-prey model. $$\left\\{\begin{array}{l}x^{\prime}=0.2 x-0.1 x^{2}-0.4 x y \\\ y^{\prime}=-0.2 y+0.1 x y\end{array}\right.$$

3 step solution

Problem 6

Determine whether the differential equation is separable. $$y^{\prime}=2 x \cos y-x y^{3}$$

3 step solution

Problem 6

Find the solution of the given differential equation satisfying the indicated initial condition. $$y^{\prime}=-y, y(1)=2$$

4 step solution

Problem 7

Determine whether the differential equation is separable. $$y^{\prime}=x^{2} y-x \cos y$$

2 step solution

Problem 7

Find the solution of the given differential equation satisfying the indicated initial condition. $$y^{\prime}=-3, y(0)=3$$

3 step solution

Problem 8

Determine whether the differential equation is separable. $$y^{\prime}=x^{3}-2 x+1$$

2 step solution

Problem 8

Find the solution of the given differential equation satisfying the indicated initial condition. $$y^{\prime}=-2, y(0)=-8$$

2 step solution

Problem 9

The differential equation is separable. Find the general solution, in an explicit form if possible. Sketch several members of the family of solutions. $$y^{\prime}=\left(x^{2}+1\right) y$$

3 step solution

Problem 9

Involve exponential growth. Suppose a bacterial culture doubles in population every 4 hours. If the population is initially \(100,\) find an equation for the population at any time. Determine when the population will reach 6000

5 step solution

Problem 10

The differential equation is separable. Find the general solution, in an explicit form if possible. Sketch several members of the family of solutions. $$y^{\prime}=2 x(y-1)$$

5 step solution

Problem 10

Involve exponential growth. Suppose a bacterial culture triples in population every 5 hours. If the population is initially \(200,\) find an equation for the population at any time. Determine when the population will reach 20,000

3 step solution

Problem 11

The differential equation is separable. Find the general solution, in an explicit form if possible. Sketch several members of the family of solutions. $$y^{\prime}=2 x^{2} y^{2}$$

4 step solution

Problem 11

Involve exponential growth. Suppose a bacterial culture initially has 400 cells. After 1 hour, the population has increased to \(800 .\) Find an equation for the population at any time. What will the population be after 10 hours?

4 step solution

Problem 12

The differential equation is separable. Find the general solution, in an explicit form if possible. Sketch several members of the family of solutions. $$y^{\prime}=2\left(y^{2}+1\right)$$

4 step solution

Problem 12

Involve exponential growth. Suppose a bacterial culture initially has 100 cells. After 2 hours, the population has increased to \(400 .\) Find an equation for the population at any time. What will the population be after 8 hours?

2 step solution

Problem 13

Use Euler's method with \(h=0.1\) and \(h=0.05\) to approximate \(y(1)\) and \(y(2) .\) Show the first two steps by hand. $$y^{\prime}=2 x y, y(0)=1$$

3 step solution

Problem 13

The differential equation is separable. Find the general solution, in an explicit form if possible. Sketch several members of the family of solutions. $$y^{\prime}=\frac{6 x^{2}}{y\left(1+x^{3}\right)}$$

5 step solution

Problem 13

Involve exponential growth. A bacterial culture grows exponentially with growth constant 0.12 hour \(^{-1} .\) Find its doubling time.

4 step solution

Problem 14

Use Euler's method with \(h=0.1\) and \(h=0.05\) to approximate \(y(1)\) and \(y(2) .\) Show the first two steps by hand. $$y^{\prime}=x / y, y(0)=2$$

3 step solution

Problem 14

The differential equation is separable. Find the general solution, in an explicit form if possible. Sketch several members of the family of solutions. $$y^{\prime}=\frac{3 x}{y+1}$$

4 step solution

Problem 14

Involve exponential growth. A bacterial culture grows exponentially with growth constant 0.12 hour \(^{-1} .\) Find its doubling time.

4 step solution

Problem 15

Use Euler's method with \(h=0.1\) and \(h=0.05\) to approximate \(y(1)\) and \(y(2) .\) Show the first two steps by hand. $$y^{\prime}=4 y-y^{2}, y(0)=1$$

3 step solution

Problem 15

The differential equation is separable. Find the general solution, in an explicit form if possible. Sketch several members of the family of solutions. $$y^{\prime}=\frac{2 x e^{y}}{y e^{x}}$$

4 step solution

Problem 15

Involve exponential growth. Suppose that a population of \(E .\) coli doubles every 20 minutes. A treatment of the infection removes \(90 \%\) of the \(E .\) coli present and is timed to accomplish the following. The population starts at size \(10^{8},\) grows for \(T\) minutes, the treatment is applied and the population returns to size \(10^{8} .\) Find the time \(T\)

3 step solution

Problem 16

Use Euler's method with \(h=0.1\) and \(h=0.05\) to approximate \(y(1)\) and \(y(2) .\) Show the first two steps by hand. $$y^{\prime}=x / y^{2}, y(0)=2$$

4 step solution

Problem 16

The differential equation is separable. Find the general solution, in an explicit form if possible. Sketch several members of the family of solutions. $$y^{\prime}=\frac{\sqrt{1-y^{2}}}{x \ln x}$$

5 step solution

Problem 16

Involve exponential growth. Research by Meadows, Meadows, Randers and Behrens indicates that the earth has \(3.2 \times 10^{9}\) acres of arable land available. The world population of 1950 required \(10^{9}\) acres to sustain it, and the population of 1980 required \(2 \times 10^{9}\) acres. If the required acreage grows at a constant percentage rate, in what year will the population reach the maximum sustainable size?

5 step solution

Problem 17

Use Euler's method with \(h=0.1\) and \(h=0.05\) to approximate \(y(1)\) and \(y(2) .\) Show the first two steps by hand. $$y^{\prime}=1-y+e^{-x}, y(0)=3$$

3 step solution

Problem 17

Find and interpret all equilibrium points for the competing species model. (Hint: There are four equilibrium points in exercise 17. $$\left\\{\begin{array}{l} x^{\prime}=0.3 x-0.2 x^{2}-0.1 x y \\ y^{\prime}=0.2 y-0.1 y^{2}-0.1 x y \end{array}\right.$$

4 step solution

Problem 17

The differential equation is separable. Find the general solution, in an explicit form if possible. Sketch several members of the family of solutions. $$y^{\prime}=y^{2}-y$$

4 step solution

Problem 17

Suppose some quantity is increasing exponentially (e.g., the number of cells in a bacterial culture) with growth rate \(r .\) Show that the doubling time is \(\frac{\ln 2}{r}\)

6 step solution

Problem 18

Use Euler's method with \(h=0.1\) and \(h=0.05\) to approximate \(y(1)\) and \(y(2) .\) Show the first two steps by hand. $$y^{\prime}=\sin y-x^{2}, y(0)=1$$

4 step solution

Problem 18

Find and interpret all equilibrium points for the competing species model. (Hint: There are four equilibrium points in exercise 17. $$\left\\{\begin{array}{l} x^{\prime}=0.4 x-0.1 x^{2}-0.2 x y \\ y^{\prime}=0.5 y-0.4 y^{2}-0.1 x y \end{array}\right.$$

4 step solution

Problem 18

The differential equation is separable. Find the general solution, in an explicit form if possible. Sketch several members of the family of solutions. $$y^{\prime}=x \cos ^{2} y$$

4 step solution

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