MHB ?'s question at Yahoo Answers regarding Laplace Transforms

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To find the Laplace Transform of f(t) = sin(3t)cos(3t), the trigonometric identity sin(2θ) = 2sin(θ)cos(θ) is applied, resulting in f(t) being rewritten as (1/2)sin(6t). Using the known Laplace Transform of sin(kt), the transform of (1/2)sin(6t) is calculated as (3/(s^2 + 36)). The discussion also includes a derivation of the Laplace Transform from first principles, confirming the final result. The steps provided clarify the process for computing the Laplace Transform effectively.
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Here is the question.

Can you show the steps of this differential equations problem? said:
Find laplace {f(t)} by first using a trigonometric identity. (Write your answer as a function of s.)f(t)= sin(3t)cos(3t)the final answer is:
3/(s^(2)+36)

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Can you show the steps of this differential equations problem? - Yahoo! Answers

I have posted a link there to this topic so the OP can find my response.
 
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Hello ?,

We first use the trig identity $\sin(2\theta)=2\sin\theta\cos\theta$ to rewrite $\sin(3t)\cos(3t)$; in particular, we have that $\sin(3t)\cos(3t)=\frac{1}{2}\sin(2\cdot(3t)) =\frac{1}{2}\sin(6t)$.

Now, I'm not sure exactly what formulas you can use, but if you can use certain formulas for Laplace Transforms, then you're done since we know $\mathcal{L}\left\{\frac{1}{2}\sin(6t)\right\} =\frac{1}{2}\mathcal{L}\{\sin(6t)\} =\dfrac{1}{2}\cdot\dfrac{6}{s^2+6^2} =\dfrac{3}{s^2+36}$.

Otherwise, we need to compute the Laplace Transform by first principles; to make this easier for us, let us first compute $\mathcal{L}\{e^{at}\}$ where $a\in\mathbb{R}$.

\[\begin{aligned}\mathcal{L}\{e^{at}\} &= \int_0^{\infty}e^{-st}e^{at}\,dt\\ &= \int_0^{\infty}e^{-(s-a)t}\,dt\\ &= \lim_{b\to\infty} \left.\left[-\frac{e^{-(s-a)t}}{s-a}\right]\right|_{0}^{b}\\ &= \lim_{b\to\infty} -\frac{e^{-(s-a)b}}{s-a} + \frac{1}{s-a}\end{aligned}\]
Note that $\displaystyle\lim_{b\to\infty}-\frac{e^{-(s-a)b}}{s-a}=0$ if $s>a$. Thus, we have that $\mathcal{L}\{e^{at}\}=\dfrac{1}{s-a}$ for $s>a$.

Now, how does this help us with computing $\mathcal{L}\{\sin(6t)\}$? Well, we know from complex variables that $\sin(kx)=\dfrac{e^{ikx}-e^{-ikx}}{2i}$, so it follows that
\[\begin{aligned}\mathcal{L}\{\sin(6t)\} &= \frac{1}{2i}\left[\mathcal{L}\left\{e^{6it}\right\} - \mathcal{L}\left\{e^{-6it}\right\}\right] \\ &= \frac{1}{2i}\left[\frac{1}{s-6i} - \frac{1}{s+6i}\right]\\ &= \frac{1}{2i}\left[\frac{12i}{s^2-(6i)^2}\right] \\ &= \frac{6}{s^2+36}\end{aligned}\]
And thus $\mathcal{L}\{\sin(3t)\cos(3t)\} =\frac{1}{2}\mathcal{L}\{\sin(6t)\}=\dfrac{3}{s^2+36}$.

I hope this makes sense!
 
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