Science:Math Exam Resources/Courses/MATH215/December 2013/Question 04 (c)
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Question 04 (c) |
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Let be the Laplace transform of the solution to the following initial value problem: where is the function defined in (a): (c) Calculate the inverse Laplace transform of Y(s) obtained in (b) to find the solution, y(t), to the IVP in (b). |
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You can start by trying to find the inverse Laplace transform of and . These inverse transforms can be derived by looking at and . |
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Please rate my easiness! It's quick and helps everyone guide their studies. We have and we need to find . The most important thing here is finding a function such that . The key identity to realize is that . With this knowledge, since , we have and (note the factor of 2!). Then
We use one more identity that which allows us to invert the first term (using a=1) on the right-hand side. We find
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