Math 432 HW 4.

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Assigned: 1, 3, 7, 10, 15, and 16 Selected for grading: 3, 15, 16 Solutions: 1. Given: y'' + 4y = tan 2t. r2 + 4 = 0 r = 2i y1 = cos 2t, y2 = sin 2t

So a particular solution is given by yp = v1y1 + v2y2 = = Solution: y = c1 cos 2t + c2 sin 2t 0.25cos 2t ln | sec 2t + tan 2t |. 3. Given: 2x'' 2x' 4x = 2e 3t. *** You have to use the standard form: x'' x' 2x = e 3t. *** r2 r 2 = 0 (r 2)(r + 1) = 0 r = 2, 1 x1 = e 2t, and x2 = e t .

So a particular solution to the nonhomogeneous equation is Solution: .

Remark: We could have used the method of undetermined coefficients to do this one, but the directions said to use variation of parameters. Doing this with the old method and comparing the results might be an interesting exercise.

7. Given: y''() + 16y() = sec 4. r 2 + 16 = 0 r = 4i y1 = cos 4, and y2 = sin 4

Solution: 10. Given: y'' + 4y' + 4y = e 2t ln t. r 2 + 2r + 4 = 0 (r + 2)2 = 0 y1 = e 2t, y2 = te 2t

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15. Given: y'' + y = 3 sec t t 2 + 1. r2 + 1 = 0 r = i y1 = cos t and y2 = sin t I'll break the process of finding a particular solution into two parts: (1) finding a particular solution for y'' + y = t 2 + 1, and (2) finding a particular solution for y'' + y = 3 sec t. Let yp1 = At 2 + Bt + C. yp1' = 2At + B yp1'' = 2A yp1'' + yp1 = 2A + At 2 + Bt + C = At 2 + Bt + (2A + C) = t 2 + 1. So A = 1, B = 0, and 2A + C = 1 (from which we get C = 3). So the first particular solution is yp1 = t 2 + 3.

yp2 = 3 ln | cos t |cos t + 3t sin t So a particular solution to the nonhomogeneous equation is yp = 3 ln | cos t |cos t + 3t sin t t 2 + 3. Solution: y = c1 cos t + c2 sin t + 3 ln | cos t |cos t + 3t sin t t 2 + 3.

16. Given: y'' + 5y' + 6y = 18t 2. r 2 + 5r + 6 = 0 (r + 2)(r + 3) = 0 r = 2, 3 y1 = e 2t, and y2 = e 3t You could use either undetermined coefficients or variation of parameters to get this one. I'll do both. Using undetermined coefficients. yp = At 2 + Bt + C yp' = 2At + B yp'' = 2A yp'' + 5yp' + 6yp = 6At 2 + (10A + 6B)t + (2A + 5B + 6C) = 18t 2 6A = 18 (so A = 3) 10A + 6B = 0 (so B = 5) 2A + 5B + 6C = 0 (so C = 19/6) Solution: y = c1e 2t + c2e 3t + 3t 2 5t + 19/6. Using variation of parameters.

= (9 6)t 2 + (9 + 4)t + (9/2 4/3) = 3t 2 5t + 19/6 So we get the same particular solution, and hence the same general solution.