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Mathematics Workshop Problems

Table of Contents

BASICS: STRAIGHT LINES, QUADRATIC EQUATION, LOGARITHMS, AREA, VOLUME ......... 2

CONIC SECTIONS .................................................................................................................................... 5

TRIGONOMETRY..................................................................................................................................... 7

VECTORS .................................................................................................................................................. 9

LINEAR ALGEBRA ................................................................................................................................ 11

NUMERICAL METHODS ...................................................................................................................... 15

CALCULUS ............................................................................................................................................. 16

DIFFERENTIAL EQUATIONS .............................................................................................................. 24

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y
C (200,900)
BASICS: STRAIGHT LINES, QUADRATIC EQUATION,
LOGARITHMS, AREA, VOLUME B
(500,750)

BAS 1. Given the figure at right and the coordinates of

points A, B, C, and D, determine the following:
A (100,500) D (300,500)
a.) The slope of Line AB. x
A. -0.625 B. +0.625 C. -1.60 D. 4.00

b.) The distance between points A and B?

A. 412.31 B. 471.07 C. 471.70 D. 421.31

c.) The slope of Line CD.

A. -0.625 B. +0.625 C. -1.60 D. -4.00

d.) The slope of a Line A’B’ (not shown) which is perpendicular to Line AB.

A -1.60 B. +0.25 C. +1.60 D. -0.25

e.) The slope of a Line C’D’ (not shown) which is perpendicular to Line CD.

A -1.60 B. +0.25 C. +1.60 D. -0.25

BAS 2. Determine the roots of the following equation by using the quadratic equation to
solve for x.
3x 2 - 1,400x - 160,000 = 0

A B C D
516.63 & 94.96 561.63 & -163.22 -1,400 & -94.96 561.63 & -94.96

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BAS 3. Determine the roots of the following equation by using the quadratic equation to
solve for z.
z 2 - 17z - 60 = 0

A B C D
-20 and 3 -12 and 5 20 and -3 12 and 5

BAS 4. Solve for a: given that 2a = 1.587(a+4)

A. B. C. D.
3 6.69 1.28 8

BAS 5. Given that log a = 12, log b = 10; log c = 13, k = 3, and x = 5, solve the
following:

A. B. C. D.
a) log a/b 2 0.08 -2 0.182
b) logcc 0 -1 1 2
c) log ab -4.79 4.79 2.08 22
d) log 1 0 1 2 3
e) log ak 5.73 36 1728 4.79
f) log 1/b -1 1 -10 10
g) log cx 65 18 5.57 12.82

BAS 6. The spherical steel enclosure shown here has an inside

diameter of 10.0 feet. Determine :
a.) the volume of the inside of the enclosure in cubic yards
and
b.) the surface area in square yards.

A. B. C. D.
a.) volume 174.42 19.38 34.91 3.88
b.) area 34.91 6.98 104.72 11.64

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BAS 7. Water is flowing in a pipe with an inside diameter of 24 inches. The maximum
depth of the flow is 4 inches. Determine the flow area. [Hint: the best representation of
the water in the pipe is a circular segment]

A. B. C. D.
54.35 49.38 34.91 38.88

BAS 8. Right Circular Cone

A pile of sand, the shape of a right circular cone,
is 18 feet high and 30 feet in diamter at its base.
a.) What is the volume of the pile (to the closest cubic yard)?
b.) Determine the side area of the pile (to the closest square yard)?

A. B. C. D.
a.) volume 16,956 157 4239 471
b.) area 123 1104 271 11.64

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CONIC SECTIONS

CON 1. Equation of Circle. Find the equation of the circle passing through the
following three points: (0, -16), (0, 0), and (10, 4)?

A. ( x - 9)2  ( y - (-8))2  12.042

B. ( x - 9)2  ( y - (8))2  10.02

C. ( x  9)2  ( y  8)2  144

D. ( x  9)2  ( y  8)2  12

CON 2. Ellipse Find the equation of an ellipse with foci at (  25,0) and major axis of
length 70.

A. B. D. C.
2
 x   y
2 2
 x   y 
2
 x   y   x   y 
2 2

     =1      =1      =1      = -1
 25   35   35   24.49   50   49.24   35   25 

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CON 3. Parabola Find the equation of a 8

parabola with vertex at (0, 0) and focus at (6, 0) 6

A.
2
y 2  4x VERTEX FOCUS
(h, k ) 0 ( 6, 0 )
B. - 0.4 0.1 0.6 1. 1 1. 6

( y  4)2  (12)( x  6)
-2

C. -4

( y  6)2  2(12)( x  4) -6

D. -8

y  24x
2

CON 4. Sphere (Quadric Surface) What is the radius of a sphere with center at
(10,10,10) that passes through the point (0,0,0)?

A. B. C. D.
10.00 6.69 17.32 12.00

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TRIGONOMETRY

TRG 1. A 6 foot tall man is standing in the exact center of a rectangular room that
measures 400 ft long by 100 ft wide by 15 feet high. He is facing one of the short sides
of the room. Imagine the triangle created on the floor by the man and the two corners of
the wall he is facing.
a) What is the angle of the triangle at the vertex at which he is standing?
A. 14.0350 B. 28.070 C. 151.930 D. 75.960

b) What is the distance from the man’s feet to the floor/wall corners of the room?
A. 205.38’ B. 412.31’ C. 211’ D. 206.16’

c) What is the distance from the top of the man’s head to the ceiling/wall corners?
A. 206.36’ B. 206.18’ C. 206.50’ D. 9’

d) What is the greatest distance in the room between floor and ceiling /wall corners?
A. 412.99’ B. 412.58’ C. 291.94’ D. 411.34’

TRG 2. The following is known about a triangle with vertices X, Y, and Z: XY = 300
ft, Angle Y = 750; and YZ = 200 ft. (Hint: this is not a right triangle)

A. B. C. D.
a.) Length XZ 310.12’ 314.55’ 19389.8’ 490.52’
b.) Angle X 39. 870 87. 390 37. 890 37. 890
c.) Area of Triangle 0.665 28,977 23,977.5 5,000
XYZ (in acres).

TRG 3. Which of the following expressions is equivalent to sin2θ?

A. sinθcosθ
B. 2cos2θ - 2sin2θ
C. 2sinθcosθ
D. 1- 2sin2θ

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TRG 4. Which of the following expressions is equivalent to sinα cosβ?

A. ½ [cos(α - β) - cos(α + β)]
B. ½ [cos(α - β) + cos(α + β)]
C. ½ [sin(α + β) + sin(α - β)]
D. ½ [sin(α + β) + cos(α + β)]

TRG 5. Which of the following expressions is equivalent to sin (α – β)?

A. sin  cos  - cos  sin 
B. cos  cos  + sin  sin 
C. cos  cos  - sin  sin 
D. sin  cos  + cos  sin 

TRG 6. Which of the following expressions is equivalent to cos (α – β)?

A. sin  cos  - cos  sin 
B. cos  cos  + sin  sin 
C. cos  cos  - sin  sin 
D. sin  cos  + cos  sin 

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VECTORS

VEC 1. Vector Addition and Subtraction Perform the indicated operations on the
following vectors:
X =  2 3 1 6, Y = 5 1 12 1, Z  1 0 4 3

A. B. C. D.
a.) X Y 8 4 13 7 7 4 13 7  7 4 11 7  7 4 13 9
b.) YX 5 1 12 1 3 -2 13 -7  3 -2 11 -5 3 2 11 -5
c.) X Z 3 2 5 9 3 3 5 9 3 3 4 9 3 3 5 6

VEC 2. Resultant of Multiple Vectors

For vectors X  3i  0 j  16k , Y  2i  2 j  2k , Z  1i  8 j  6k

A. B. C. D.
X  Y +Z 4i  6 j  20k 4i  6 j  20k 4i  6 j  20k 4i  6 j  20k

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VEC 3. Vector Cross Product

Find A  B using the following vectors, A  (1i  2 j  1k ); B  (0i  1 j  5k );

A. B. C. D.
11i, 5 j , 1k 11i,  5 j , 1k 11i ,  5 j , +1k 11i ,  5 j , +1k

VEC 4. Area of Parallelogram What is the area of the parallelogram made by

the following vectors?

A  (1i  2 j  1k ); B  (0i  1 j  5k ); All lengths are in meters.

A. B. C. D.
147 m2 3.60 m2 11 m2 12.12 m2

VEC 5. Volume of Parallelepiped What is the volume of the parallelepiped made

by vectors.

A  (2i  2 j  1k ); B  (4i  2 j  2k ); C  (i  5 j  4k ); All lengths are in meters.

A. B. C. D.
62 52 42 24

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LINEAR ALGEBRA

LAL 1. Transpose
1 2 3
Given X   4 5 6  ;
 
7 8 9 
T
Find the second row of X ;

A. B. C. D.
4 5 6 2 5 8 1 5 9 3 5 7

LAL 2. Determinants Find the determinants of the following matrices:

 4 3 0  1 1 2 
 3 1
a.) X =  ; b.) Y =  2 2 2  ; c.) Z   0 6 3 
 2 2 1 1 3  4 7 5
   

A. B. C. D.
a.) det X 4 8 -4 -8
b.) det Y 40 8 4 56
c.) det Z 45 -87 -45 -9

LAL 3. Cofactor Matrix

 3 2 1
Given X  1 6 3  ; Find the third row of X
COFACTOR
;
 
 2 4 0 

A. B. C. D.
-12 10 -16 12 -10 16 12 6 -16 12 10 16

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LAL 4. Cofactor Matrix

10 3 10 
Given K   8 2 9  ;
 
 8 1 10
COFACTOR
Find the second row of K

A. B. C. D.
40 -180 14 40 180 14 -40 -180 14 -40 -180 -14

LAL 5. Classical Adjoint Find the second row of the classical adjoint of Matrix K and
the third row of the classical adjoint of Matrix X.
10 3 10   3 2 1
a.) K   8 2 9  b.) X  1 6 3 
   
 8 1 10   2 4 0 

A. B. C. D.
a.) 152 -180 -44 152 -180 10 152 -180 -10 -152 180 10
b.) -16 -16 16 16 -16 -16 -16 16 16 -16 16 -16

LAL 6. Inverse Matrices Find the first row of the inverse matrix of the given matrix.
3 2  1
Given A    , Find A .
7 10 

A. B. C. D.
10/16 -2/16 10/16 -7/16 -2/16 10/16 10/16 3/16

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LAL 7. Inverse Matrices Find the third row of the inverse matrix of the given matrix.
 1 3 1
Given G   1 0 1 , Find G .
1

 
 0 1 1

A. B. C. D.
1 1 1 3 -2 3 -1 -1 -3 -1 -1 3

LAL 8. Inverse Matrices Find the

second row of the inverse matrix of the  1 1 2 
Given H   0 6 3  , Find H .
1
given matrix.  
 4 7 5 
A. B. C. D.
-4/15 13/15 1/15 -4/15 13/45 1/15 -4/15 13/45 -1/15 -4/15 -13/15 -1/15

[Extra Material] LAL 9. Simultaneous Equations by Cramer’s Rule Find the values
of x1, x2, and x3 in the following system of simultaneous equations.

x1  2 x3  6
 3 x1  4 x 2  6 x3  30
 x1  2 x 2  3 x3  8

A. B. C. D.
-12 18 38 10 18 38 18 38 10 10 18 38
11 11 11 10 10 10 11 11 11 11 11 11

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[Extra Material] LAL 10. Simultaneous Equations by  4 x1  x2  2

Cramer’s Rule. Find the values of x1, x2, and x3 in the 11x  x  2 x  3
following system of simultaneous equations.  1 2 3 
 x1  5 x2  2 x3  1 

A. B. C. D.
−𝟐𝟎 −𝟐𝟒 44 −𝟐𝟎 −𝟐𝟒 4𝟒 𝟐𝟎 𝟐𝟒 4𝟒 −𝟐𝟎 −𝟐𝟒 4𝟒
, , , , , , , ,
−𝟓𝟐 −𝟓𝟐 −𝟓𝟐 𝟓𝟎 𝟓𝟎 𝟓𝟎 𝟓𝟐 𝟓𝟐 𝟓𝟐 −𝟐𝟔 −𝟐𝟔 −𝟐𝟔

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NUMERICAL METHODS

NUM 1. Find the closest root to x = 3 for f(x) = 4 + 8x2 – x4 with an error smaller than
0.01

NUM 2. Find the root in the range between x=0 and x=5 of f(x) = 4 + 8x 2 – x4 using the
bisection method, with an error smaller than 0.5. [Hint: the bisection works on an interval
for which the function has opposite signs at the two extremes, and then cuts the interval
in half and repeats on the half interval for which the property still hods]

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CALCULUS
3
CAL 1. Find the slope of the graph g(x) = x when

A. B. C. D.
a.) g(x) = 3
x at x = 2 -21.0 -0.21 0.21 0.12
1 0.125 -0.25 +0.25 -0.125
b.) f(x) = 2 at x = 2
x

Note: these are two separate practice problems, with (possibly) different answers from
the A, B, C and D choices.

CAL 2. Find the derivative of the following function.

g(x) = (x 5  3 x 4  7)1/3
A. B.
1 5 1 5
(x  3 x 4  7) 2/3 (5 x  12) x 4 (x  3 x 4  7) 2/3 (5 x  12) x 3
3 3
C. D.
1 5 1 5
(x  3 x 4  7) 2/3 (5 x  12) x3 (x  3 x 4  7) 2/3 (5 x  12) x 3
3 3

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CAL 3. Find the derivatives of the following functions.

 3 7
a) y  x  2 x 

 

(sin x)
b) ye

c) ysin(x 2 )
 
d) y ln sin( x 2 )
 

CAL 4. Find f / y if f ( x, y) ( x 2  cos y)3

CAL 5. Find the maximum and minimum values of the following function on the
indicated interval
f ( x)  x3  10 x  8 (-2 < x < 2); find Radius of Curvature at x =  0.60 (in feet).

A. B. C. D.
252 48 201 248

CAL 6. What is a / c for the following equation?

c
a  7b 2  12bc   cos(d 2  b)
ln(d )

A. B. C. D.
1 c
14b  12b
2 12b  2d sin(d 2  b) 14b  12c 
ln(d ) ln(d )

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CAL 7. Find the antiderivatives.

a)  xsin x dx

2
b)  5 x sin( x ) dx

2 3 8
c)  3x ( x  7) dx

CAL 8. Find the area of the region bounded by x  2, y  x3, x 7 and y x 2 .

CAL 9. Find the maximum and minimum of y x 2 on the interval  2 x 5 .

CAL 10. A particle traveled in a straight line in such a way that its distance S from a
given point on that line after time t was S = 5t^4 - 7. What is the rate of change of
acceleration, at time t = 3?

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CAL 11. What is the approximate area bounded by the curves y1 = 30 - x2

and y2 = -40 + x2?
A. B. C. D.
543 552 564 532

FIND THE AREA BETWEEN THE CURVES

40
30
20
 35 10 35
0
Y AXIS

-10 -8 -6 -4 -2 0 2 4 6 8 10
-10
-20
-30
-40
y1=30-x^2
-50
X AXIS y2 = -40+x^2

CAL 12. What is the approximate area bounded by the curves:

y1 = 1/2x +2, y2 = -1/3x + 3, y = 0, and x = 0?

A. B. C. D.
11.4 13.5 27 12.9

t 2  25
CAL 13. Simplify the following: lim
t 5 t  5

A. B. C. D.
10 0 5 -5

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ln x
CAL 14. Evaluate the following: lim
x  x

A. B. C. D.
 1  0
 

x2
CAL 15. Evaluate the following: lim  x
x e

A. B. C. D.
2   0


sin 3x
CAL 16. Find lim
x 0 x

xy
CAL 17. Find the partial derivative of ze with respect to x.

CAL 18. Find d(sec t)/dx

A. sec2t dt/dx B. sec t tan t dt/dx

C. tan2t dt/dx D. –csc t cot t dt/dx

CAL 19. Find d(tan z)/dx

A. sec2z dz/dx B. -cot2z dz/dx

C. sec z tan z dz/dx D. –csc z cot z dz/dx

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CAL 20. Which of the following expressions is equivalent to  sin 2 xdx ?

x sin 2 x x sin 2 x
A.  B. 
2 4 2 4
2cos x
C. D. sin x  x sin x

CAL 21. Which of the following expressions is equivalent to  e ax dx ?

A.  1a e ax
B.  e a   ax  1
ax
2

C.  1a  ln ax
D.  1xe a

CAL 22. A function y  f (t ) has a derivative f ' (t ) which is positive on the interval
2  t  5 . Which of the following is true?

a) The value of the function f(t) at t = 5 is greater than at t = 2.

b) The value of f(2) must be positive.
c) The second derivative f ''(t) must be greater at t = 5 than at t = 2.

CAL 23. What is the area of the region in the first quadrant that is bounded by the line y
= 5, the curve x = y^2 + 6y, and the y-axis.

CAL 24. What value of x maximizes y if y^2 + 6y + x^2 – 4x = 12?

(A) -3
(B) 2
(C) 3
(D) 4/5

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CAL 25. What is most nearly the area bounded by y = 0, y = e^x, x = 2 and x = 5?

(A) 5.4
(B) 73.6
(C) 141.0
(D) 385.4

CAL 26. What is the area below the curve y = 5x + 3, above the x-axis, and between x
= 0 and x = 2?

(A) 17
(B) 13
(C) 16
(D) 28

x^2 25
CAL 27. Find lim
x 5 x 5

CAL 28. Evaluate the definite integral

 1
 2 dx
3x
(A) 1/10
(B) 1/3
(C) 1/5
(D) 2

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CAL 29. What is the slope of the line which is tangent to the parabola

Y = X^2 + 7X + 2 at a point on the parabola where X = 5?

(A) 15
(B) 17
(C) 19
(D) 21

CAL 30. What is the integral  2 x( x 3) dx ?

(A) x^2 (x^2/2 + 3x) + C

(B) 2x^2 + 6x + C
(C) 2x^3 + 6x^2 + C
(D) 2x^3/3 + 3x^2 + C

7 x^211x 13
CAL 31. Find lim
x  (2 x 5)( x  4)
(A) 7/2
(B) The limit does not exist
(C) 1
(D) 3

CAL 32. The partial derivative z / x of z = 3yx^2 -- 2(x+3y) is

(A)6xy – 2 – 6y
(B) 6x – 2
(C) 6x
(D)6xy – 2

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DIFFERENTIAL EQUATIONS

DEQ 1. Solve the following differential equations:

a) y' 2 x

b) y' cos x 0

c) y'4 y 0

d) y / t 3t 2  2 x

DEQ 2. Select the first-order differential equation from the following options:
dy 9  t
A.   y2 B. ( z ") 4  3 z '  6
dt t
2
d y A A
C.  t  y D.   22
dt t s

DEQ 3. The following differential equation has the initial condition y(0) = 14. What is
the value of y(3)?
dy
 6y  0
dk

A. B. C. D.
14  103 5.44 2.13  107 0.0498

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DEQ 4. Solve the following differential equations.

a) y ' 5 y , y(0) 12

b) y'2 y  0, y(5) 6e10

c) 2 y ' y , y(0) 3

DEQ 5. A function y = f(x) is a solution to the differential equation y' = ky, and f(0) =
C, for some real numbers k and C. Which of the following statements is not true?

a) If k > 0, then the solution to the differential equation is an exponential growth

function.

b) If k < 0, then the solution to the differential equation is an exponential decay

function.

c) The solution is y  C  e kt

d) There are infinitely many solutions to the general differential equation y' = ky, and
they all look like e kt multiplied by some constant. Only one of these satisfies f(0) = C:
the solution is y  Ce kt .

DEQ 6. If D is the differential operator, then what is the general solution to

( D 3) y 0 ?

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DEQ 7. Determine the constant of integration for the differential equation: xdx + 6y5dy
= 0. It is known that x = 0 when y = 2.

A. B. C. D.
12 16 24 64

DEQ 8. Solve the differential equation dy / dx (2 y 5)(cos(3x))

DEQ 9. What is the general solution of the following differential equation:

d2y
 4 y  0.
dx 2

A. y  C1 * cos( 2 x )  C 2 * sin( 2 x ) B. y  e x  2e  x  C
C. y  2 x2  x  C D. y  sin x  2 tan x  C

DEQ 10. Solve the differential equation y''7 y'30 y 0 .

DEQ 11. What is the approximate solution to the initial value problem,

y' + 2y = 0, y(1) = 20

(A)y = 2x + 18
(B) y = 2.71*e^(2x)
(C) y = 23.54*e^(-2x)
(D)y = 147.78*e^(-2x)

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DEQ 12. What type of differential equation is x y’ + x^2 – 7 = 0?

(A)first-order separable
(B) second-order linear
(C) homogeneous
(D)nonlinear

DEQ 13. Solve the differential equation x y’ + x^2 – 7 = 0.

(A)y = ((1/3)*x^3 – 7x)/x + C

(B) y = ln (x^2 – 7) + C
(C) y = C*e^(-7x)
(D)y = -x^2/2 + 7 ln(x) + C

DEQ 14. The solution of the differential equation dy/dx – 5y = 0, y(0) = 3 is

(A)y = C*e^(5x)
(B) y = C*e^(-5x)
(C) y = 3*e^(5x)
(D)y = 3*e^(-5x)

DEQ 15. The general solution of y’’ + 6y’ + 9y = 0 is

(A)y = C*e^(3x)
(B) y = e^(-3x)(C1 + C2*x)
(C) y = C1*e^(3x) + C2*x*e^(3x)
(D)y = C1*e^(-3x) + C2

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DEQ 16. The general solution of y’’ - 9y = 0 for y(0) = 3 and y’(0) = 3 is

(A)y = C1 e^(-3x) + C2e^(3x)

(B) y = 2e^(-3x) + e^(3x)
(C) y = (1+2x)*e^(3x)
(D)y = e^(-3x) + 2e^(3x)

DEQ 17. The general solution of y’’ – 2y’ + 4y = 0 for y(0) = 3 and y’(0) = 3 is

(A)y = e^(x) (3cosx+ sinx)

(B) y = 3e^(x) cos(√3x)
(C) y = (1+2x)*e^(√3x)
(D)y = e^(-√3x) + 2e^(√3x)

DEQ 18. Find the solution of y’’ - 9y = x2 for y(0) = 0 and y’(0) = 0

DEQ 19. Find the solution of y’’ - 9y = 3e2x

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