Calculus 8th Edition

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Chapter 17 - Second-Order Differential Equations - Review - True-False Quiz - Page 1221: 2

Answer

FALSE

Work Step by Step

By linearity of differentiation, $(c_{1}y_{1}+c_{2}y_{2})''=c_{1}y_{2}''+c_{2}y_{2}''$ and $(c_{1}y_{1}+c_{2}y_{2})'=c_{1}y_{1}'+c_{2}y_{2}'$,so $(c_{1}y_{1}+c_{2}y_{2})''+6(c_{1}y_{1}+c_{2}y_{2})'+5(c_{1}y_{1}+c_{2}y_{2})$ $=c_{1}(y_{1}''+6y_{1}'+5y_{1})+c_{2}(y_{2}''+6y_{2}'+5y_{2})$ $=x+x=2x$ Thus $c_{1}y_{1}+c_{2}y_{2}$ solves $y''+6y'+5y=2x\ne x$
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