Diff Eq: Variation of Parameters for 3rd-ODE's

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I don't see any attempt to do anything yourself.
 
Well I'm not sure how to start it off.
 
UziStuNNa said:
Well I'm not sure how to start it off.

Then you need to tell us what is confusing you.
 
W_1(t)= g(t)(y_2(t)y_3'(t)-y_3(t)y_2'(t))
W_2(t)=-g(t)(y_1y_3'-y_3y_1')
W_3(t)=g(t)(y_1y_2'-y_2y_1')

Then, u_1(t)=\int(W_1/W) and so forth for u_2[\tex] and u_3
 

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