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Exercise 20

Avg difficulty 2.5

Use direct substitution to verify that y(t)y(t) is a solution of the given differential equation in Initial Value Problems. Then use the initial conditions to determine the constants CC or c1c_1 and c2c_2.

y′′+4y′+13y=0y'' + 4y' + 13y = 0, y(0)=1y(0) = 1, y′(0)=0y'(0) = 0, y(t)=c1e−2tcos⁡3t+c2e−2tsin⁡3ty(t) = c_1 e^{-2t} \cos 3t + c_2 e^{-2t} \sin 3t

Judson, The ODE Project, §1.1 Modeling with Differential Equations, Exercise 20

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