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Homework Statement
Find a particular solution to
##\begin{cases}x'=5x+4y+t\\ y'=x+8y-t\end{cases}##
using a variety of methods that are listed. I've been using undetermined coefficients on this problem thus far.
Homework Equations
The Attempt at a Solution
My answer is
##\begin{cases}
x(t)= -4C_1e^{4t}+C_2e^{9t}-\frac{1}{3}t-\frac{5}{54}\\
y(t)= C_1e^{4t}+C_2e^{9t}+\frac{1}{6}t+\frac{7}{216}
\end{cases}##
I'll show my work in another post. This problem just so happens to have its solution listed in the back of the book, which is
##\begin{cases}x(t)=\frac{1}{5}C_1\left(e^{9t}+e^{4t}\right) + \frac{4}{5}C_2\left(e^{9t}-e^{4t}\right) - \frac{18t+5}{54}\\
y(t) = \frac{1}{5}C_1\left(e^{9t}-e^{4t}\right) + \frac{1}{5}C_2\left(e^{9t}+e^{4t}\right) - \frac{t}{6}+\frac{7}{216}\end{cases}##
I've also checked with WolframAlpha, which gives me a similar result with powers of ##e## factored out, but without the rational coefficients:
http://www.wolframalpha.com/input/?i=x'=5x+4y+t,+y'=x+8y-t
I'm wondering why all these answers may be different. It could be that I'm missing something in my work. Any ideas?
I just don't see how the exponential terms in my answer can be written in the other ways.