Exercise · ZW-FIRST-ORDER-LINEAR-EQUATION-002 · ★☆☆ Basic

Write \(y'=3y+x^2\) in the form \(y'+p(x)\,y=q(x)\). What is \(p\)?

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  • A. \(p(x)=-3\)

Explanation

Move \(3y\) to the left: \(y'-3y=x^2\). Then \(p=-3\) and \(q=x^2\); the sign changes when the term is moved.

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A first-order linear equation is a differential equation in which \(y\) and \(y'\) appear to the first power, with a coefficient \(p\) and a free term \(q\) that depend only on \(x\).

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