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\begin{exerciseStatement}


 Use \verb|https://sagecell.sagemath.org/| to run the SageMath code \verb|t,y = var('t y'); plot_slope_field(t/3-y/15, (t,-5,5), (y,-5,5))| producing the direction field for the ODE \( {y'} = -\frac{1}{15} \, {y} - \frac{1}{3} \, t \). 



 Let \(y_p\) be the solution to the following IVP. Explain how to use its direction field to approximate the value of \(y_p\) at \(t= -1 \). 

\[ {y'} = -\frac{1}{15} \, {y} - \frac{1}{3} \, t \hspace{2em}
          y( 1 )= 2 \]
\end{exerciseStatement}
    
\begin{exerciseAnswer} 
\[y_p( -1 )\approx 2.0 \]
\end{exerciseAnswer}