Method of Undetermined Coefficients

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Homework Statement
Decide whether or not the method of indetermined coefficients can be applied to find a particular solution of the given equation:

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I think the answer is yes, because the equation is of the form: [tex]a\ddot{y}+b\dot{y}+cy=F(t)[/tex]where F(t) is the sum or product of polynomials, exponentials, sines, cosines.

Am I correct?
 
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Oh so I can replace sin2x+cos2x with 1, which gives me a RHS of simply 4x?