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Can someone help me solve this easy algebra Question?

I know most of you Basiler's are scholars and math genius's going to Harvard and Princeton. So this question will be cake.

I need to find the general solution of this set of simultaneous differential equations. The set is:
(D+2)x + (D-1)y = 0
(2D+3)x + (3D+1)y= sin2t

November 1, 2013

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Momo123

[quote=9Hades9]@Momo123
Solution by -Cramer's rule :

(D+2)x + (D-1)*y = 0
(2D+3)x + (3D+1)*y= sin2t

delta:
|D+2 D-1 |
|2D+3 3D+1| = (D+2)*(3D+1)-(D-1)*(2D+3) = 3D^2+D +6D +2 -2D^2-3D+2D+3 = D^2 + 6D + 5

Lets mark this with A:
|0 D-1 |
|sin2t 3D+1| = -(D-1)*sin2t

Lets mark this with B:
|D+2 0 |
|2D+3 sin2t| = (D+2)*sin2t

So: x = A/delta,
and y = B/delta.

correct me if im wrong
i was just too lazy to go on...[/quote]

well your not really looking for x and y, you are trying to find general solution, but you are right so far. So you will get
D^2+6D+5 = -(D-1)*sin2t
D^2+6D+2= (D+2)*sin2t

which when you distribute you should get

D^2+6D+5= -2cost2t + sin2t
D^2+6D+5= 2cost2t + 2sin2t

then you make the left side the complimentary solution which will be (D^2+6D+5) = (D+1)(D+5) which makes the roots -1,-5
so it will be xc= c1e^-t + c2e^ -5t + X and yc= c1e^-t + c2e^ -5t + Y
the capital X and Y are the ride side of the equations which you have to find the particular solution to

so I think you can use Acosx + Bsinx for the particular, and then take derivative and plug into Acosx + Bsinx

then once you get capital X and Y, add to complimentary to get general solution
and... then take derivative of it and plug back into original equation

I hate differential equations lol...

Reply November 1, 2013
enoch129

mathway.com is your answer.

Reply November 1, 2013
9Hades9

@Momo123
Solution by -Cramer's rule :

(D+2)x + (D-1)*y = 0
(2D+3)x + (3D+1)*y= sin2t

delta:
|D+2 D-1 |
|2D+3 3D+1| = (D+2)*(3D+1)-(D-1)*(2D+3) = 3D^2+D +6D +2 -2D^2-3D+2D+3 = D^2 + 6D + 5

Lets mark this with A:
|0 D-1 |
|sin2t 3D+1| = -(D-1)*sin2t

Lets mark this with B:
|D+2 0 |
|2D+3 sin2t| = (D+2)*sin2t

So: x = A/delta,
and y = B/delta.

correct me if im wrong
i was just too lazy to go on...

Reply November 1, 2013 - edited
Genji

Substitute D=2, X=1, Y=-4
I got -21=sin2t..but im prob wrong.
Edit:
I did this in 2 different ways, and i got the same answer: -21=sin2t.
I'm not math genius or anything..

Reply November 1, 2013 - edited
Ness

Yeah, nevermind.

I hated diffeq.

Reply November 1, 2013 - edited
RitoPls

I've never done differential equations but I can tell you the plural of "genius" is "geniuses."

Reply November 1, 2013 - edited
Momo123

[quote=JekutoNightra]6. Possibly even 7.[/quote]

after you take cramer's rule of each one, simplify it, and take the complimentary and particular function and add them to the general solution and plug it back in to the original equation, shouldn't you get a bigger number? Then again... you are a math scholar so you're probably right

Reply November 1, 2013 - edited
JekutoNightra

6. Possibly even 7.

Reply November 1, 2013 - edited