The University of Zambia

School of Natural Sciences

Department of Mathematics and Statistics
2019/20 Academic Year Examinations

MAT 3110 Engineering Mathematics II

November 30, 2020.

Duration: Three hours

Instructions:

• Do not open this booklet until you are told to do so.

• This paper consists of six questions, each carry 20 marks. Attempt any FIVE
questions.

• Show all the essential working to earn full marks.

• Non programmable calculators are allowed.

1. (a) Find a power series solution in powers of x of the differential equation (9)

(1 − x2 )y 00 − 2xy 0 + 2y = 0.
(b) Solve the following initial value problem (4)

x2 y 00 − 5xy 0 + 8y = 0, y(1) = 5, y 0 (1) = 18.

(c) Find the general solution to the following system of first order differential value (7)
problem.  
0 −3 2
x = x.
−1 −5

2. (a) Solve the initial value problem below using Laplace transforms. (12)

00 8 sin t, : 0 ≤ t < π
y + 9y = y(0) = 0, y 0 (0) = 4.
0, : t ≥ π.
(b) Determine the Laplace transform of (4)

f (t) = sinh t cos t.

(c) Determine the inverse Laplace transform of (4)

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F (s) = .
(s + 1)3

3. (a) Evaluate the following double integrals.

i. (5)
Z 1 Z √1−x2 p
x2 + y 2 dydx
−1 0

ii. (5)
Z 0 Z 3
10 + xy sin(x2 − y 2 ) dydx
−3 1

(b) Use a double integral to determine the volume of the region bounded by z = (5)
3 − 2y, the surface y = 1 − x2 and the planes y = 0 and z = 0.

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 (c) Determine the volume that lies under f (x, y) = 9x2 + 4xy + 4 and above the (5)
rectangle R = {(x, y) : −1 ≤ x ≤ 1, 0 ≤ y ≤ 2} in the xy-plane.

4. (a) Evaluate the following triple integrals.

i. (5)
Z 4 Z √16−y2 Z 6+x
6yx2 dzdxdy
−4 0 0

ii. (5)
Z 2 Z 4 Z 2
x3
yze dxdydz
0 0 z
2 2 2 2 2 2
qthe solid that is between x +y +z = 4 and x +y +z = 25,
(b) Find the volume of (5)
1 2
and inside z = − 3
x + 13 y 2 .
(c) Convert the triple integral (5)
Z 1 Z √
1−x2 Z √x2 +y2
xyz dzdydx
−1 0 x2 +y 2

into a triple integral in cylindrical coordinates and evaluate.

5. (a) Evaluate Z (5)

2


3x − 2y ds
C

where C is the line segment from (3, 6) to (1, −1).

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(b) Let F(x, y) = 2xy − 4 − 21 sin x2 sin y2 i + x2 + 12 cos x y







2
cos 2
j.
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i. Prove that F is conservative. (3)
ii. Evaluate (7)
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Z
F · dr
C
where C the portion of the circle centered at the origin, having radius 2 and
is in the 1st quadrant and oriented counter clockwise.
(c) Use Green’s theorem to evaluate the line integral (5)

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Z
F · dr
C

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 #»
where F(x, y) = xy 2 i + (1 − xy 3 ) j and C is the parallelogram with vertices
(−1, 2) ,(−1, −1), (1, 1) and (1, 4). The orientation of C is counterclockwise.

6. (a) Evaluate Z Z (6)

6xy dS
S

where S is the portion of the plane x + y + z = 1 that lies in the 1st octant and
is in front of the yz-plane.
(b) Use Stoke’s theorem to evaluate the integral (7)

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Z Z
curl F · dS
S
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where F(x, y, z) = 2y i+3x j+(z −x) k and S is the portion of y = 11−3x2 −3z 2
in front of y = 5 with orientation in the positive y-axis direction.
(c) Use the divergence theorem to evaluate (7)

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Z Z
F · dS
S
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where F(x, y, z) = (4x − z 2 ) i + (x + 3z) j + (6 − z)k and S is the surface of the
solid bounded by the cylinder x2 + y 2 = 36 and the plane z = −2 and z = 3.
Note that all the three surfaces of the solid are included in S.

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