(a) For what values of r does the function y = e rx satisfy the differential equation...

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(a) For what values of r does the function y = erx satisfy the differential equation 2y" + y' – y = 0 ?

(b) If r1 and r2 are the values of r that you found in part (a), show that every member of the family of functions y = aer1x + ber2x is also a solution.

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Calculus Early Transcendentals

ISBN: 9781337613927

9th Edition

Authors: James Stewart, Daniel K. Clegg, Saleem Watson, Lothar Redlin

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