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Calculate the particular solution of dy/dx - y/(x ln x) = 1/x at (2; 0). Determine the general solution of d2y/dx2 + dy/dx − 6y = 2e⁻³x.
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7 stepsHere are the solutions to the given differential equations.
Part 4.1· 4 steps
Calculate the particular solution of at .
Rewrite the differential equation in the standard form for a first-order linear differential equation, .
Here, and .
Find the integrating factor, .
First, calculate :
Let , then .
Now, find the integrating factor:
(Assuming for to be positive and defined, which is true for ).
Multiply the differential equation by the integrating factor and integrate.
The left side becomes .
Integrate both sides with respect to :
The general solution is .
Use the initial condition $(2, 0)$ to find the particular solution.
Substitute and into the general solution:
Since , we must have:
Substitute the value of back into the general solution:
Using the logarithm property :
The particular solution is:
Part 4.2
Determine the general solution of .
Find the complementary solution by solving the homogeneous equation .
The characteristic equation is:
Factor the quadratic equation:
The roots are and .
The complementary solution is:Find the particular solution using the method of undetermined coefficients.
The right-hand side is . Since is a root of the characteristic equation (and it's a simple root), we must multiply the standard guess by .
Let .
Calculate the first and second derivatives of :Substitute , , and into the non-homogeneous differential equation:
Divide by :
Combine like terms:
So, the particular solution is:
Write the general solution .
The general solution is:
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