Elementary Differential Equations and Boundary Value Problems 9th Edition

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ISBN 10: 0-47038-334-8
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Chapter 6 - The Laplace Transform - 6.2 Solutions of Initial Value Problems - Problems - Page 320: 3

Answer

$$\mathcal{L}^{-1}\left\{F(s)\right\}=\dfrac{2}{5}e^t-\dfrac{2}{5}e^{-4t} $$

Work Step by Step

Do the Partial Fraction Decomposition to rewrite the function $$\dfrac{2}{s^2+3s-4}=\dfrac{2}{(s+4)(s-1)}=\dfrac{A}{s-1}+\dfrac{B}{s+4}$$ Multiply both sides and solve for $A$ and $B$. \begin{align*} &\Rightarrow \quad2=A(s+4)+B(s-1)\\ \\ s=1&\Rightarrow \quad 2=A(5)+B(0)\Rightarrow \color{red}{A=\dfrac{2}{5}}\\ \\ s=-4&\Rightarrow \quad 2=A(0)+B(-5)\Rightarrow \color{red}{B=-\dfrac{2}{5}}\\ \end{align*} $$\therefore \dfrac{2}{s^2+3s-4}=\dfrac{{}^{2}{\mskip -5mu/\mskip -3mu}_{5}}{s-1}+\dfrac{-{}^{2}{\mskip -5mu/\mskip -3mu}_{5}}{s+4}$$ Substitute the new function into the inverse Laplace transform and solve using #2 in Table 6.2.1. \begin{align*} \mathcal{L}^{-1}\left\{\dfrac{2}{s^2+3s-4}\right\}&=\mathcal{L}^{-1}\left\{\dfrac{2}{(s-1)(s+4)}\right\}\\ \\ &=\mathcal{L}^{-1}\left\{\dfrac{{}^{2}{\mskip -5mu/\mskip -3mu}_{5}}{(s-1)}+\dfrac{-{}^{2}{\mskip -5mu/\mskip -3mu}_{5}}{(s+4)}\right\}\\ \\ &=\dfrac{2}{5}\cdot \mathcal{L}^{-1}\left\{\dfrac{1}{s-1}\right\}-\dfrac{2}{5}\cdot \mathcal{L}^{-1}\left\{\dfrac{1}{s-(-4)}\right\}\\ \\ &=\boxed{\color{blue}{\dfrac{2}{5}e^{t}-\dfrac{2}{5}e^{-4t}}} \end{align*}
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