Calculus: Early Transcendentals 8th Edition

Published by Cengage Learning
ISBN 10: 1285741552
ISBN 13: 978-1-28574-155-0

Chapter 17 - Review - Exercises - Page 1181: 13

Answer

$y=\frac{1}{3}(e^{4x}-e^{x})$

Work Step by Step

$y''-5y'+4y=0$ which has the characteristic equation $t^2-5t+4=0$ with solutions $t=1$ and $t=4$ General solution: $c_1e^{4x}+c_2e^{x}$ Plug in the values: $y(0)=0$ and $y'(0)=1$ giving $c_1=1/3$, $c_2=\frac{-1}{3}$ Hence, $y=\frac{1}{3}(e^{4x}-e^{x})$
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