Homework Assignments for MAP2302
Spring 2012, Prof. Boyland

Unless otherwise stated, do the odd numbered problems in the given range, and so 3-11 means 3, 5, 7, 9, 11.

The problems are given from the 6th edition of the text. I would think, but have not checked, that the 7th and 8th edition will be easy to convert using the section numbers.

If there are no problems assigned from a particular section it means that you are not responsible for that section and so it won't be on any quizzes or exams.


Chapter 1
  • Section 1.2: 3-13  
Chapter 2
  • Section 2.2: 1-25  
  • Section 2.3: 1-21  
  • Section 2.4: 1-25  
  • Section 2.5: 1-13  
  • Section 2.6: 1-27. Problems 29 and 31 were removed on January 25 and you are not responsible for the "Linear Coefficient" method  
Chapter 3 and Section 1.4 - You may use a calculator on these problems, but the problems on the exam of this type will be solvable without one and you won't be able to use a calculator on the exam. The solutions to even number problems are in the parenthesis.
  • Section 3.3: 1, 2 (57.5 degrees F), 3, 4 (19.7 min)  
  • Section 3.4: 1, 2 (13.75 sec), 5, 6 (22.9 sec)  
  • Chapter 1, Section 1.4: 1, 3, 5.  


The first in-class exam takes place on Friday, February 17, in the usual classroom. It covers all the homeworks above. The exam is closed book, no notes and no calculators.

This sample exam (pdf file) (its solutions here) will give you a good idea of the exam format and difficulty, but the actual exam could cover different material and could be a bit harder or easier, longer or shorter, etc. I suggest you sit by yourself with no notes and take the exam in a simulated testing situation to see where you stand and what you need to review.

Here are a few more sample problems of the type you might see on the exam.

  • Chapter 2, Review problems: 1, 3, 4, 6,9, 13, 15, 19, 32, 39 5 
  • Section 3.3: problem number 5  
  • Section 3.4: See the last problem on the sample exam. 

Answers to even numbered problems:

  • (4) y = x^3/6 -4x^2/5 + 3x/4 - C x^(-3)
  • (6) y^(-2) = 2 ln|1-x^2| + C
  • (32) y^2 = x^2 ln(x^2) + 16 x^2

Solutions to Exam 1A are here


Chapter 4
  • Section 4.2: 1-19  
  • Section 4.3: 1-27  
  • Section 4.4: 9-31  
  • Section 4.5: 17-35  
  • Section 4.6: 1-17  
  • Section 4.7: 9-19  
  • Section 4.8: skip section  
  • Section 4.9: 1-11  


The second in-class exam takes place on Friday, March 23 in the usual classroom. It covers all the homeworks above since the last exam, specifically, sections 4.2-4.7 and 4.9. It does not include section 4.10. The exam is closed book, no notes and no calculators.

Here are a few sample problems of the type you might see on the exam, but the actual exam could cover somewhat different material and could be a bit harder or easier, longer or shorter, etc..

  • Chapter 4, Review problems: 1, 3, 9, 11, 13, 21, 23, 25, 29, 31. 35, 38 
  • Section 4.9: problem numbers 8 and 10.  

Answers to even numbered problems:

  • Chapter 4 review, number 38: The equation of motion is

    y(t) = (-1/4) cos(5t) + (1/5) sin(5t),

    the amplitude is sqrt(41/400), the period is 2*pi/5, and the first time back through equilibrium is (1/5) arctan(5/4).

  • Section 4.9, number 8: It never returns to equilibrium as the solution is always positive.
  • Section 4.9, number 10: time of max displacement is (2 pi/sqrt(127)) and the max displacement is exp(-pi/sqrt(127))

Solutions to Exam 2A are here


  • Section 4.10: no homework  

Chapter 7
  • Section 7.2: 13-19  
  • Section 7.3: 1-19  
  • Section 7.4: 1-29  
  • Section 7.5: 1-23  
  • Section 7.6: 11-17, 29-39  
  • Section 7.8: 13 - 17, 21-27  
Note: problems 21 and 23 from section 7.6, all of section 7.7, and problem 19 from section 7.8 were removed on April 10 at 10PM


The third in-class exam takes place on Friday, April 20 in the usual classroom. It covers all the homeworks above since the last exam, specifically, sections 7.2-7.6 and 7.8. It does not include section 7.7. The exam is closed book, no notes and no calculators.

Here are a few sample problems of the type you might see on the exam, but the actual exam could cover somewhat different material and could be a bit harder or easier, longer or shorter, etc..

  • Section 7.5: 4, 6. 10.  
  • Section 7.6: 18, 30, 32.  
  • Section 7.8: 14, 22, 24.  

Solutions to these sample problems are here

Solutions to Exam 3A are here


Last assignment:
  • Section 8.3: 11-19, 25, 27.  
There will be a quiz on this homework the last day of classes, Wednesday, April 25. We are now dropping the three lowest quiz grades before computing the final grade.

The final exam will cover the entire course (except Section 8.3) and will take place on Friday, May 4 from 12:30-2:30 in the regular classroom. You must attend the exam at this time, there will be no other final exam offered, so plan on it! No calculators, notes or books are allowed during exams. As a review for the Final Exam use the three reviews already given above for each of the three in-class exam. The material on the Final Exam will be close to equally distributed between the materials on each of the three in-class exams