Answer 5.1(b)

Since T = TL when x = L, substituting in equation (5.3) yields

 
or
(5.4)

Answer 5.1(c)

Note that when a = 0, we have

Thus, with a slight change of notation(replacing k0 by k), we see that (5.4) reduces to the result of Example 1 in case a = 0.

 

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