<exercise masterit-seed="4984" 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''} = 12 \, {x} + 7 \, {x'} \hspace{2em}
{x} (0)= -3 ,
{x} '(0)= 10 </me>
</li>
<li>
<me> -{y''} = 16 \, {y} \hspace{2em}
{y} (0)= -3 ,
{y} '(0)= -4 </me>
</li>
</ol>
</statement>
<answer>
<me> {x} = -2 \, e^{\left(-3 \, t\right)} - e^{\left(-4 \, t\right)} </me>
<me> {y} = -3 \, \cos\left(4 \, t\right) - \sin\left(4 \, t\right) </me>
</answer>
</exercise>