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Solve the system Solve the system of equations

dy/dt =2y+2z
dz/dt = 2y+2z
​ with the initial conditions
( y(0) ) = ( -1 )
( z(0) ) = ( -2 )
Please denote exponentiation with exp(a*t) rather than e**(a*t) or e^(a*t)

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Answer:

y(t) = 3/4exp(4t) - 1/4exp(-4t) - 1/2

z(t) = -3/4exp(4t) - 1/4exp(-4t) - 2

Explanation:

Given system of differential equations:

dy/dt = 2y + 2z

dz/dt = 2y + 2z

We can write this system in matrix form as:

d/dt [y z] = [2 2] [y z]

Let A = [2 2]. Then the system can be written as:

d/dt [y z] = A[y z]

The solution to this system is given by:

[y z] = exp(At) [y(0) z(0)]

where exp(At) is the matrix exponential of At.

To find exp(At), we first need to find the eigenvalues and eigenvectors of A. The characteristic equation of A is:

det(A - lambdaI) = 0

=> det([2-lambda 2; 2 2-lambda]) = 0

=> (2-lambda)(2-lambda) - 4 = 0

=> lambda1 = 4, lambda2 = 0

The eigenvectors corresponding to lambda1 = 4 and lambda2 = 0 are:

v1 = [1 1] and v2 = [-1 1]

We can now write A as:

A = PDP^-1

where P = [v1 v2] and D = [4 0; 0 0]. Then,

exp(At) = Pexp(Dt)P^-1

We can compute exp(Dt) as:

exp(Dt) = [exp(4t) 0; 0 1]

Therefore,

exp(At) = [1/2 1/2; -1/2 1/2] [exp(4t) 0; 0 1] [1/2 -1/2; 1/2 1/2]

Now, we can find the solution to the system as:

[y z] = exp(At) [y(0) z(0)]

=> [y z] = [1/2 1/2; -1/2 1/2] [exp(4t) 0; 0 1] [1/2 -1/2; 1/2 1/2] [-1; -2]

=> [y z] = [1/2 1/2; -1/2 1/2] [exp(4t) 0; 0 1] [3/2; -1/2]

=> [y z] = [1/2 1/2; -1/2 1/2] [3/2exp(4t); -1/2]

=> [y z] = [3/2exp(4t)/2 - 1/2exp(-4t)/2; -3/2exp(4t)/2 - 1/2exp(-4t)/2]

Therefore, the solution to the system of differential equations with the given initial conditions is:

y(t) = 3/4exp(4t) - 1/4exp(-4t) - 1/2

z(t) = -3/4exp(4t) - 1/4exp(-4t) - 2

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