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MAT244-2014F => MAT244 Math--Tests => TT1 => Topic started by: Victor Ivrii on October 09, 2014, 02:00:15 AM

Title: TT1-problem 3
Post by: Victor Ivrii on October 09, 2014, 02:00:15 AM
Find the general solution for equation
\begin{equation*}
z''(t)-z'(t)-6z(t)=-6+10 e^{-2t} .
\end{equation*}
Title: Re: TT1-problem 3
Post by: Yeming Wen on October 09, 2014, 09:27:17 AM
First, we solve
y'' - y' - 6y = 0 \label{A}

Notice that the characteristic equation is
\begin{equation*}
r^{2} - r - 6 = 0.
\end{equation*}
Then the solution to the (\ref{A}) is
\begin{equation*}
y =C_1 e^{3t}+ C_2 e^{-2t}
\end{equation*}
Now we need to find a particular solution to

y'' - y' - 6y =10 e^{-2t}- 6
\label{B}

We proceed by undetermined coefficients. Since $-2$  is a root of (\ref{A}) and $0$ is not , we guess
\begin{equation*}
y=Ate^{-2t}+B
\end{equation*}
Then
\begin{equation*}
y'=Ae^{-2t}-2Ate^{-2t}
\end{equation*}
and
\begin{equation*}
y''=-4Ae^{-2t}+4Ate^{-2t}.
\end{equation*}
Then
\begin{equation*}
y'' - y' - 6y = -Ae^{-2t}-6B
\end{equation*}
Compare with
\begin{equation*} 10 e^{-2t}- 6.
\end{equation*}
We get