MAT 21B Lecture 21: MAT 21B – Lecture 21 – Practice Midterm Review

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MAT 21B Lecture 21 Practice Midterm Review 02/22/2019
Problem 1: Find the general solution to the following differential equation. Then
find the particular solution satisfying  .

   
The goal is to solve for y. Begin by placing all terms that correspond with the
variables x and y, one on each side of the equation such that we get


 
   . Next, integrate both sides:

  . Then we have 
  

  

   

. Let   and so the
general solution is   

. To find the particular solution, find the value of
A using the given condition  . Thus,   

  . Finally,
  

is the particular solution.
Problem 2: Suppose that the half-life of a radioactive element is 1500 years.
What percentage of the element remains after 2000 years has passed?
Let   and start with  . At 0 years, we begin with 1 unit of the
element. One half-life means 0.5 of the element remains and so  .
First solve for the value of A, in which we use the first initial condition .
Then we have        . Next, solve for the value of k. This is
where we use the second initial condition  . Then 
    
 . Therefore, 
 .
The amount remaining after 2000 years is  
   

 . To find the percentage, simply multiply the
result by 100. The final answer is .
Problem 3: Let C be the region bounded by and  
.
a) Draw a picture of C and label the points where the curves intersect.
To find the points where the two curves intersect, we set them equal to
each other such that  
  
  

  

 
 
       . Then    
 . Therefore, the points of intersection are  and .
b) Let S be the solid of revolution obtained by rotating C around x-axis. Set
up an integral using the washer method to find the volume of the solid.
The big radius, and the small radius is  
.
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