Exercise · ZW-LAPLACE-TRANSFORM-OF-A-DERIVATIVE-006 · ★★☆ Intermediate

Transforming \(y''+4y=0\), \(y(0)=1\), \(y'(0)=0\), what \(Y(s)\) results?

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  • A. \(\dfrac{s}{s^2+4}\)

Explanation

We get \(s^2Y-s+4Y=0\), so \(Y=\frac{s}{s^2+4}\), the transform of \(\cos 2t\). The term \(-s\) comes from \(-sy(0)\).

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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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