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Solve the following initial value problem: tdy/dt+5y=5t with y(1)=8.
Put the problem in standard form.
Then find the integrating factor, ρ(t)=
and finally find y(t)=
This is the linear differential equation of first order of the standard form: (dy/dt) + P(t)y=Q(t). The integrating factor = e. The general solution is given by:
= . Then applying initial condition y(1)=8 we get the particular solution.