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linear differential equations



for part a, I was just wondering, the answer book has k1, k2, k3 as: 2, -2, -1, respectively

would it still be right to have them multiplied by a factor?

for example, by a factor of 2, would 4, -4, -2, be equally valid as an answer?
Original post by fuzzybear


for part a, I was just wondering, the answer book has k1, k2, k3 as: 2, -2, -1, respectively

would it still be right to have them multiplied by a factor?

for example, by a factor of 2, would 4, -4, -2, be equally valid as an answer?

Yes.
Reply 2
I'd just like to point out that the title should read linear dependence, right? :smile: As the poster above me pointed out, there are only unique solutions (k1 = ... = kn = 0) for linearly independent functions

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