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APPLICATIONS OF DIFFERENTIAL EQUATIONS
1. A thermometer is moved from room where the temperature is 70 F to a freezer where
the temperature is 12 F .After 30 seconds the thermometer reads 40 F. What does it
read after 2 minutes?
Analytical:
𝑇 = 𝑇𝑒 + 𝐶𝑒
−𝑘𝑡
𝑤ℎ𝑒𝑛 𝑡 = 0
70 = 12𝐶𝑒
0
𝑪 = 𝟓𝟖
𝑤ℎ𝑒𝑛 𝑡 = 0.5
40 = 12 + 58𝑒−0.5𝑘
40 − 12 = 58𝑒−0.5𝑘
28
58
= 𝑒−0.5𝑘
𝒌 = 𝟏.𝟒𝟓𝟔𝟒𝟕𝟕
𝑤ℎ𝑒𝑛 𝑡 = 2
𝑇 = 12 + 58𝑒−1.456477(𝑐)
𝑻 = 𝟏𝟓. 𝟏𝟓℃
Matlab:
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2. Consider a tank used in certain hydrodynamic experiments. After one experiment the
tank contains 200 liters of a dye solution with a concentration of 1 g/liter. To prepare
for the next experiment, the tank is to be rinsed with fresh water flowing in at a rate of
2liters/min, the well-stirred solution flowing out at the same rate. Find the time that
will elapse before the concentration of dye in the tank reaches 1% of its original value.
Analytical:
𝑑𝐿
𝑑𝑡
= −𝑘𝐿
𝑑𝐿
𝑑𝑡
= −𝑘𝐿
𝑑𝐿
𝐿
= −𝑘 ∫𝑑𝑡
𝑙𝑛(𝐿) = −𝑘𝑡 + 𝑐
𝐿 = 𝑒−𝑘𝑡+𝑐
𝐿 = 𝐶𝑒
−𝑘𝑡
𝑤ℎ𝑒𝑛 𝑡 = 0
𝐶𝑒
0
= 200
𝑪 = 𝟐𝟎𝟎
Matlab: