You wrote that you are substituting (equation 3) into 2*(equation 1)
The next line does not seem to reflect that. If I am wrong you must have skip some steps, which is fine by me. If you think you are correct and since I do not see these missing steps can you supply them to me.
Differentiate the first equation again dt2d2x=−3dtdx+2dtdy
Replace dtdy in that using the second equation dt2d2x=−3dtdx+2(−2x+y)=−3dtdx−4x+2y
From the first equation, 2y=dtdx+3x
Replacing 2y in the last equation by that dt2d2x=−3dtdx−4x+dtdx+3x dt2d2x=−2dydx−x dt2d2x+2dtdx+x=0
That "second order linear equation with constant coefficients" in the single variable, x, has characteristic equation r2+2r+1=(r+1)2=0 so has a double characteristic root -1. Two independent solutions are e−t and te−t.
The general solution, for x, is x(t)=Ae−t+Bte−t where A and B are undetermined constants.
To find y, use 2y=dtdx+3x=−Ae−t+Be−t−Bte−t+3Ae−t+3Bte−t=2Ae−t+4Be−t+2Bte−t
so y(t)=(A+2B)e−t+Bte−t
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