Exercise · ZW-LAPLACE-TRANSFORM-OF-A-DERIVATIVE-004 · ★☆☆ Basic

Transforming \(y'+2y=0\), \(y(0)=3\), what is \(Y(s)=\mathcal L\{y\}\)?

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  • D. \(\dfrac{3}{s+2}\)

Explanation

We get \(sY-3+2Y=0\), so \((s+2)Y=3\) and \(Y=\frac{3}{s+2}\) (the solution is \(3e^{-2t}\)).

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The Laplace transform \(\mathcal L\) of the derivative \(f'\) of a function \(f(t)\) with transform \(F(s)\) is an expression in \(F(s)\) and the initial value \(f(0)\).

\[\mathcal L\{f'\}(s)=sF(s)-f(0)\]

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