Use variation of parameters to find a general solution to the differential equation given that the functions y1 and y2 are linearly independent solutions to the corresponding homogeneous equation for t > 0. ty'' + (2t - 1)y' - 2y = 7t2 e-2t y1 = 2t - 1, y2 = e-2t

Recall that variation of parameters is used to solve second-order ODEs of the form

y''(t) + p(t) y'(t) + q(t) y(t) = f(t)

so the first thing you need to do is divide both sides of your equation by t :

y'' + (2t - 1)/t y' - 2/t y = 7t

You're looking for a solution of the form

where

and W denotes the Wronskian determinant.

Compute the Wronskian:

Then

The general solution to the ODE is

which simplifies somewhat to

450 is the final answer! : )

what's that