<exercise masterit-seed="1809" 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} \hspace{2em}
{x} (0)= -4 ,
{x} '(0)= 0 </me>
</li>
<li>
<me> 2 \, {y} = -{y''} + 3 \, {y'} \hspace{2em}
{y} (0)= -8 ,
{y} '(0)= -13 </me>
</li>
</ol>
</statement>
<answer>
<me> {x} = -4 \, \cos\left(2 \, t\right) </me>
<me> {y} = -5 \, e^{\left(2 \, t\right)} - 3 \, e^{t} </me>
</answer>
</exercise>