Chapter 6: Q6E (page 337)
find a general solution to the given equation.
Chapter 6: Q6E (page 337)
find a general solution to the given equation.
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On a smooth horizontal surface, a mass of m1 kg isattached to a fixed wall by a spring with spring constantk1 N/m. Another mass of m2 kg is attached to thefirst object by a spring with spring constant k2 N/m. Theobjects are aligned horizontally so that the springs aretheir natural lengths. As we showed in Section 5.6, thiscoupled mass–spring system is governed by the systemof differential equations
Let’s assume that m1 = m2 = 1, k1 = 3, and k2 = 2.If both objects are displaced 1 m to the right of theirequilibrium positions (compare Figure 5.26, page 283)and then released, determine the equations of motion forthe objects as follows:
(a)Show that x(2) satisfies the equation
(b) Find a general solution x(2) to (36).
(c) Substitute x(2) back into (34) to obtain a generalsolution for y(2)
(d) Use the initial conditions to determine the solutions,x(2) and y(2), which are the equations of motion.
In Problems 1-6, use the method of variation of parameters to determine a particular solution to the given equation.
Reduction of Order. If a nontrivial solution f(x) is known for the homogeneous equation
,
the substitutioncan be used to reduce the order of the equation for second-order equations. By completing the following steps, demonstrate the method for the third-order equation
(35)
given that is a solution.
(a) Setand compute y′, y″, and y‴.
(b) Substitute your expressions from (a) into (35) to obtain a second-order equation in.
(c) Solve the second-order equation in part (b) for w and integrate to find v. Determine two linearly independent choices for v, say, and .
(d) By part (c), the functions and are two solutions to (35). Verify that the three solutions , and are linearly independent on
Find a general solution for the differential equation with x as the independent variable:
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