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: 4

Answer

$\mathcal{L}^{-1}[F(s)]=\dfrac{6}{5} (e^{-2t})+\dfrac{9}{5} (e^{3t})$

Work Step by Step

Rewrite the given function so that it can be written into the partial fraction decomposition. $\dfrac{3s}{s^2-s-6}=\dfrac{3s}{(s+2)(s-3)}$ and $\dfrac{3s}{(s+2)(s-3)}=\dfrac{A}{(s+2)}+\dfrac{B}{(s-3)}$ Our next step will be to multiply both sides to solve for $A$ and $B$. $3s=A(s-3)+B(s+2) \implies A=\dfrac{2}{3}B$ Also,we have $A+B=3 \implies \dfrac{2}{3}B+B=3$ This implies that $A=\dfrac{6}{5}$ and $B=\dfrac{9}{5}$ Thus, we get $\dfrac{3s}{(s+2)(s-3)}=\dfrac{6/5}{(s+2)}+\dfrac{9/5}{(s-3)}$ Since, $\mathcal{L}(e^{at})=\dfrac{1}{s-a}$ Therefore, the required Laplace transform is: $\dfrac{6/5}{(s+2)}+\dfrac{9/5}{(s-3)}=\mathcal{L}(\dfrac{6}{5} e^{-2t})+\mathcal{L}(\dfrac{9}{5} e^{3t})$ Hence, $\mathcal{L}^{-1}[F(s)]=\dfrac{6}{5} (e^{-2t})+\dfrac{9}{5} (e^{3t})$
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