Why Do I Keep Getting the Wrong Answer in My Differential Equations Problem?

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Look whos back! I ran into another problem, i redid the problem twice and i keep coming out with the same answer!
here is what i have:
http://img139.imageshack.us/img139/6205/lastscan5qw.jpg
This is waht I submitted which was wrong:
http://cwcsrv11.cwc.psu.edu/webwork2_files/tmp/equations/d3/290d3b430db500dfaef04358236c001.png
This is what
Thanks!
 
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If you're having trouble doing it with sine and cosine, do it the old fashioned Ae^r1x + Be^r2x way using the complex roots. (It's an alternative method and chances are you'll make less mistakes)
 
If that is what you actually submitted, you might want to compare it closely to your handwritten answer- do you notice some missing parentheses?
 
Pseudo, this program that evaluates the expressions tells us to not use that form becuase it won't evaluate complex expressions inside the e^, so I have to use sin/cos. :(

Thanks i didn't catch that halls but it still told me, do not pass go, do not collect 200 dollars. I think i shall e-mail the professor and see if its corrrect and the program might just b f'ed up.
http://cwcsrv11.cwc.psu.edu/webwork2_files/tmp/equations/3d/4a14ab68c9143ae5c68ed8af6e5ba91.png
 
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Again, like last time, your differentiation is wrong! You seem to forget that there is a fraction in the exponential; your didn't include the denominator (1000) in the differentiation! It is the exact same mistake you did last time. I suggest you carefully go through the differentiation again.
 
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Okay i redid it, I'm not sure if its right t hough becuase the webhomeworks happen to be down. but this is what I got:
http://img212.imageshack.us/img212/6735/lastscan1rm.jpg
 
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I ended up with the equation

7=\frac{14}{1000}-\frac{\sqrt{2951}}{1000}B

so B should be

B=-\frac{6896}{\sqrt{2951}}

However, I could have made a mistake. :smile:
 
Hm...I tried my answer and your answer, switching the signs as well but can't seem to get it right.
http://cwcsrv11.cwc.psu.edu/webwork2_files/tmp/equations/02/a1ed9e2620a00e5df238eb7b1954831.png
 
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