Math 117 Practice Midterm 3

Please work out each of the given problems.  Credit will be based on the steps that you show towards the final solution.  Show your work.

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Problem 1 

Solve the differential Equation

        xy' - 2x  =  x2     y(1)  =  5

Solution

Problem 2

Determine if

                            1
        y  =  cos t -       e-t cos t
                            5

is a solution to the differential equation

        y''' - y'' + y' - y  =  e-t sin t

Solution

Problem 3 

The rate of growth in customers for a small business is proportional to the product of the number of customers who eat at the restaurant divided by the total number of years that the restaurant has been in business.  After one year in business the restaurant averages 20 customers per day, and after two years in business the restaurant averages 25 customers per day.  Approximately how many customers can the restaurant expect to have per day after three years in business?

Solution

Problem 4

Use the sixth degree Taylor polynomial for

        f(x)  =  2 cos x

to approximate .  Hint:  Use the fact that

       

Solution

Problem 5

Find the Taylor series center at x  =  c for the given function and find its radius of convergence.

                        x2   
        f(x)  =                          (c  =  0)
                      1 + x3
 

Solution

Problem 6

Use Newton's Method to approximate the intersection of the curves

        y  =  sin x        and        y  =  1 - x

Solution