9.8 problem 8

Internal problem ID [660]

Book: Elementary differential equations and boundary value problems, 10th ed., Boyce and DiPrima
Section: Chapter 3, Second order linear equations, 3.4 Repeated roots, reduction of order , page 172
Problem number: 8.
ODE order: 2.
ODE degree: 1.

CAS Maple gives this as type [[_2nd_order, _missing_x]]

Solve \begin {gather*} \boxed {16 y^{\prime \prime }+24 y^{\prime }+9 y=0} \end {gather*}

Solution by Maple

Time used: 0.003 (sec). Leaf size: 18

dsolve(16*diff(y(x),x$2)+24*diff(y(x),x)+9*y(x) = 0,y(x), singsol=all)
 

\[ y \relax (x ) = c_{1} {\mathrm e}^{-\frac {3 x}{4}}+c_{2} {\mathrm e}^{-\frac {3 x}{4}} x \]

Solution by Mathematica

Time used: 0.003 (sec). Leaf size: 20

DSolve[16*y''[x]+24*y'[x]+9*y[x]==0,y[x],x,IncludeSingularSolutions -> True]
 

\begin{align*} y(x)\to e^{-3 x/4} (c_2 x+c_1) \\ \end{align*}