<exercise masterit-seed="9124" masterit-slug="C4" masterit-name="Homogeneous second-order linear IVP">
<statement>
<p>Explain how to find the particular solution to each given IVP.</p>
<ol>
<li>
<me> -{x''} - 4 \, {x} = 0 \hspace{2em}
{x} (0)= 1 ,
{x} '(0)= 8 </me>
</li>
<li>
<me> -{y''} - 12 \, {y} = 7 \, {y'} \hspace{2em}
{y} (0)= -1 ,
{y} '(0)= 2 </me>
</li>
</ol>
</statement>
<answer>
<me> {x} = \cos\left(2 \, t\right) + 4 \, \sin\left(2 \, t\right) </me>
<me> {y} = -2 \, e^{\left(-3 \, t\right)} + e^{\left(-4 \, t\right)} </me>
</answer>
</exercise>