{Use of Tech} Intravenous drug dosing The amount of drug in the blood of a patient (in milligrams) administered via an intravenous line is governed by the initial value problem y’(t) = -0.02y + 3, y(0) = 0 where t is measured in hours.


b. What is the steady-state level of the drug?

38–43. Equilibrium solutions A differential equation of the form y′(t)=f(y) is said to be autonomous (the function f depends only on y). The constant function y=y0 is an equilibrium solution of the equation provided f(y0)=0 (because then y'(t)=0 and the solution remains constant for all t). Note that equilibrium solutions correspond to horizontal lines in the direction field. Note also that for autonomous equations, the direction field is independent of t. Carry out the following analysis on the given equations.

a. Find the equilibrium solutions. 

y′(t) = y(y - 3)(y + 2)

Explain why or why not Determine whether the following statements are true and give an explanation or counterexample

b. If k>0 and b>0 then y(t)=0 is never a solution of y'(t)=ky−b.

52-56. In this section, several models are presented and the solution of the associated differential equation is given. Later in the chapter, we present methods for solving these differential equations.

{Use of Tech} Drug infusion The delivery of a drug (such as an antibiotic) through an intravenous line may be modeled by the differential equation m'(t) + km(t) = I, where m(t) is the mass of the drug in the blood at time t ≥ 0, k is a constant that describes the rate at which the drug is absorbed, and I is the infusion rate.

b. Graph the solution for I = 10 mg/hr and k = 0.05 hr⁻¹.

A bad loan Consider a loan repayment plan described by the initial value problem

B'(t)=0.03B−600,B(0)=40,000,

where the amount borrowed is B(0)=\$40,000, the monthly payments are \$600, and B(t) is the unpaid balance in the loan.

b. What is the most that you can borrow under the terms of this loan without going further into debt each month?

Convergence of Euler's method Suppose Euler's method is applied to the initial value problem y′(t) = ay, y(0) = 1, which has the exact solution y(t) = eᵃᵗ. For this exercise, let h denote the time step (rather than Δt). The grid points are then given by tₖ = kh. We let uₖ be the Euler approximation to the exact solution y(tₖ), for k = 0, 1, 2, ...

b. Show by substitution that uₖ = (1 + ah)ᵏ is a solution of the equations in part (a), for k = 0, 1, 2, ...

{Use of Tech} Torricelli’s law An open cylindrical tank initially filled with water drains through a hole in the bottom of the tank according to Torricelli’s law (see figure). If h(t) is the depth of water in the tank for t≥0 s, then Torricelli’s law implies h′(t)=−k√h, where k is a constant that includes g=9.8m/s², the radius of the tank, and the radius of the drain. Assume the initial depth of the water is h(0)=Hm. 

b. Find the solution in k=0.1the case that and H=0.5m.