Chapter 3 - Initial Value Problems
- About this Chapter
- Section 3.1 Differential Equations and Initial Values
3.1.1 Solutions- 3.1.2 Initial Values
- 3.1.3 Initial Value Problems
- Section Summary
- Exercises
- Problems
- Section 3.2 An Initial Value Problem: A Cooling Body
- 3.2.1 Decreasing Exponential Functions
- 3.2.2 Formulating the Initial Value Problem
- 3.2.3 Solving the Initial Value Problem Symbolically
- 3.2.4 Determining the Proportionality Constant
and Interpreting the Result
- Section Summary
- Exercises
- Problems
- Section 3.3 Another Initial Value Problem: A Falling Body
- 3.3.1 Dropping a Marble From the Washington Monument
- 3.3.2 Gravity and Acceleration
- 3.3.3 An Initial Value Problem for Velocity
- Section Summary
- Exercises
- Problems
- Chapter Summary
- Chapter Review
- Concepts and Applications
- Formulas