Manipal Engineering Manipal Engineering Solved Paper-2012

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    The order of the differential equation whose general solution is given by                 \[y=({{C}_{1}}+{{C}_{2}})\cos (x+{{C}_{3}})-{{C}_{4}}{{e}^{x+{{C}_{5}}}}\] where,\[{{C}_{1}},\,\,{{C}_{2}},\,\,{{C}_{3}},\,\,{{C}_{4}},\,\,{{C}_{5}}\]are arbitrary constants, is

    A)  5                                            

    B)  4

    C)  3                            

    D)         2

    Correct Answer: C

    Solution :

    We have, \[y=({{C}_{1}}+{{C}_{2}})\cos (x+{{C}_{3}})-{{C}_{4}}{{e}^{x+{{C}_{5}}}}\]             ? (i) \[\Rightarrow \]\[y=({{C}_{1}}+{{C}_{2}})\cos (x+{{C}_{3}})-{{C}_{4}}{{e}^{x}}\cdot {{e}^{{{C}_{5}}}}\] Now, let\[{{C}_{1}}+{{C}_{2}}=A,\,\,{{C}_{3}}=B,\,\,{{C}_{4}}{{e}^{{{C}_{5}}}}=C\] \[\Rightarrow \]                               \[y=A\cos (x+B)-C{{e}^{x}}\]      ... (ii) On differentiating w.r.t. x, we get                 \[\frac{dy}{dx}=-A\sin (x+B)-C{{e}^{x}}\]             ... (iii) Again, differentiating w.r.t.\[x\], we get                 \[\frac{{{d}^{2}}y}{d{{x}^{2}}}=-A\cos (x+B)-C{{e}^{x}}\]              ... (iv) \[\Rightarrow \]               \[\frac{{{d}^{2}}y}{d{{x}^{2}}}=-y-2C{{e}^{x}}\] \[\Rightarrow \]               \[\frac{{{d}^{2}}y}{d{{x}^{2}}}+y=-2C{{e}^{x}}\]                ... (v) Again, differentiating w.r.t. x, we get                 \[\frac{{{d}^{3}}y}{d{{x}^{3}}}+\frac{dy}{dx}=-2C{{e}^{x}}\]                        ... (vi) \[\Rightarrow \]               \[\frac{{{d}^{3}}y}{d{{x}^{3}}}+\frac{dy}{dx}=\frac{{{d}^{2}}y}{d{{x}^{2}}}+y\]        [from Eq.(v)] which is a differential equation of order 3.


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