Assessment Background of Ordinary Differential Equations


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MULTIPLE CHOICE TEST

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BACKGROUND

ORDINARY DIFFERENTIAL EQUATIONS

(More on Ordinary Differential Equations)

Pick the most appropriate answer.

Q1. The differential equation

linear
nonlinear

linear with fixed constants

undeterminable to be linear or nonlinear

Q2. A differential equation is considered to be ordinary if it has

one dependent variable

more than one dependent variable

one independent variable
more than one independent variable

Q3. Given

y(2) most nearly is
0.17643
0.29872
0.32046
0.58024

Q4. The form of the exact solution to

Q5. The following nonlinear differential equation can be solved exactly by separation of variables.

The value of θ(100) most nearly is

-99.99

909.10

1000.32

1111.10

Q6. A spherical solid ball taken out of a furnace at 1200K is allowed to cool in air. Given the following

radius of ball=2 cm

density of the ball=7800 kg/m^3

specific heat of the ball=420 J/kg-K

emmittance=0.85

Stefan-Boltzman constant=5.67E-8 J/s-m^2-K^4

ambient temperature=300K

convection coefficient to air=350 J/s-m^2-K.

The differential equation governing the temperature, of the ball as a function of time, t is given by

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