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DIFFERENTIAL EQUATIONS- SOLVED EXAMPLES

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Use Laplace transform to solve the integral equation y (t ) 16 (t v) y (v) dv 40t

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Use the Laplace Transform to solve the following initial value problem
y 3y -28y = 0 , y(0) = 5 , y(0) = 7

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Use Laplace transforms to solve y'' + 4y = (t - 1), y(0) = 0, y ' (0) = 1

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Use the Euler method with two steps to approximate y(1), where
y' = (1 + x)y + x2 , y(0) = 1

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Use the method of undetermined coefficients to find solutions to the following non-homogeneous, constant
coefficient, linear ODEs.
y y - 6y = t2 - 3t

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Use the method of undetermined coefficients to find solutions to the following non-homogeneous, constant
coefficient, linear ODEs.
y y - 6y = e-t

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Use the method of parameters to solve: y'' + 2y' + y = e-x/(1+x2)

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Find a general solution to the following second order differential equation: (1 - 2x - x2) y'' + 2(1 + x)y' - 2y = 0
One solution is given by y1(x) = x + 1

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