Thomas' Calculus 13th Edition

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Chapter 9: First-Order Differential Equations - Section 9.2 - First-Order Linear Equations - Exercises 9.2 - Page 537: 15

Answer

$y=\dfrac{3}{2}-\dfrac{1}{2}e^{-2t}$

Work Step by Step

Here, we have $y'+2y=3$ The integrating factor is: $I=e^{\int 2 dt}=e^{2t}$ Now, $e^{2t}[y'+2y]=3e^{2t}$ and $\int [ye^{2t}]' dt=\int 3 e^{2t}$ $\implies ye^{2t}=\dfrac{3}{2}e^{2t}+c$ Next,apply the initial conditions in the above equation, we have $y[e^{0}]=\dfrac{3e^{0}}{2}+c$ or, $c=-(\dfrac{1}{2})$ and $ye^{2t}=\dfrac{3e^{2t}}{2}-\dfrac{1}{2}$ so, the general solution is: $y=\dfrac{3}{2}-\dfrac{1}{2}e^{-2t}$
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