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Find y as a function of t if 25y" -9y=0 with y(0) = 4, y'(0) = 8. y=4cos (3/5)+40/3 sin 3/5

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The given differential equation is a second order homogeneous differential equation in the standard form ay'' + by = 0, where a = 25, b = -9 and y'' is the second derivative of y with respect to t.

This type of differential equation has a general solution in the form: y(t) = C1*cos(sqrt(b/a)*t) + C2*sin(sqrt(b/a)*t)

So, in our case, a = 25 and b = -9, so the general solution of the differential equation is:

y(t) = C1*cos(sqrt(-9/25)*t) + C2*sin(sqrt(-9/25)*t)

Now, we have to solve for C1 and C2 using the initial (boundary) conditions y(0) = 4 and y'(0) = 8.

For y(0) = 4:

y(t) = C1*cos(0) + C2*sin(0) = 4
This means that C1 = 4

For y'(0) = 8, we first need to find the derivative of y(t) with respect to t:

y'(t) = -C1*sqrt(-9/25)*sin(sqrt(-9/25)*t) + C2*sqrt(-9/25)*cos(sqrt(-9/25)*t)

When we substitute t=0, y'(0) = 8

we get:

8 = -C1*0+ C2*sqrt(-9/25)*1
So, C2 = 40/3

Therefore, the solution to the given differential equation with initial conditions is:

y(t) = 4cos(sqrt(-9/25)*t) + 40/3*sin(sqrt(-9/25)*t)

This simplifies to:

y(t) = 4cos((3/5)t) + (40/3)sin((3/5)t)

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