<exercise masterit-seed="1437" masterit-slug="C1" masterit-name="Homogeneous first-order linear IVP">
<statement>
<p>
Explain how to find the general solution to the given ODE,
and the particular solution to the given IVP.
</p>
<me> -4 \, {y} = -2 \, {y'} ,\hspace{1em}
y\big( \log\left(3\right) \big)= -18 </me>
<p>Then show how to verify that your particular solution is correct.</p>
</statement>
<answer>
<me> {y} = k e^{\left(2 \, t\right)} </me>
<me> {y} = -2 \, e^{\left(2 \, t\right)} </me>
</answer>
</exercise>