Help with solving system of DE's

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My DE skills are a bit rusty, and I need some help remembering how to handle a system such as:

\dot{x_1}=x_2
\dot{x_2}=-2x_1-3x_2+sint+e^t

I have found the homogeneous solution to be (sorry I don't know how to do matrices here):

c_1\left\{e^{-t}\right\}+c_2\left\{e^{-2t}\right\}
c_1\left\{-e^{-t}\right\}+c_2\left\{-2e^{-2t}\right\}

From what I've found online I should guess a particular solution form:

x_{p}=Asin(t)+Bcos(t)+Ce^{t}

Where A, B, and C are 2x1 matrices of constants a_1, a_2, b_1, b_2, c_1, c_2

Is this correct?
Then rewrite the original in the form:

\dot{x_{p}}=Ax_{p}+g

Then differentiate the guess and substitute back into the above.

Assuming this is all correct, what are the next steps in finding the general solution?
 
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Assuming that your system can be written as the matrix form \dot{X}=AX+F(t). , e.g. X=[x1 x2]t etc
Then the general solution for this equation should be (if I'm not mistaken)
X(t)=e^{At}C+e^{At}\int_0^t e^{-As}F(s) ds

Your particular solution in this case is then
X_p(t)=e^{At}\int_0^t e^{-As}F(s) ds
 
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