Elementary Differential Equations and Boundary Value Problems 9th Edition

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ISBN 10: 0-47038-334-8
ISBN 13: 978-0-47038-334-6

Chapter 2 - First Order Differential Equations - 2.1 Linear Equations; Method of Integrating Factors - Problems - Page 40: 31

Answer

$y_0=-16/3$

Work Step by Step

Finding the integrating factor: $\mu(t)=\exp(\int -3/2\ dt)$ $\mu(t)=e^{-3t/2}$ Finding the y function: $y(t)=1/\mu(t) [\int \mu(s)(3s+2e^s)ds+c]$ $y(t)=e^{3t/2}[-2/3\ e^{-3t/2}(3t+6e^t+2)+c]$ $y(t)=-2t-4e^t-4/3+ce^{3t/2}$ $y(0)=-4-4/3+c=y_0\rightarrow c=y_0+16/3$ The term with the bigger impact on the limit at infinity is $ce^{3t/2}$, because it's an exponential function (grows faster than just t) with a bigger argument than $e^t$ for the same value of t, so the value of $y_0$ that divides y growing positively or negatively approaching infinity is $y_0=-16/3$
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