OCR FP3 2009 June — Question 5

Exam BoardOCR
ModuleFP3 (Further Pure Mathematics 3)
Year2009
SessionJune
TopicSecond order differential equations

5 The variables \(x\) and \(y\) satisfy the differential equation $$\frac { \mathrm { d } ^ { 2 } y } { \mathrm {~d} x ^ { 2 } } - 6 \frac { \mathrm {~d} y } { \mathrm {~d} x } + 9 y = \mathrm { e } ^ { 3 x }$$
  1. Find the complementary function.
  2. Explain briefly why there is no particular integral of either of the forms \(y = k \mathrm { e } ^ { 3 x }\) or \(y = k x \mathrm { e } ^ { 3 x }\).
  3. Given that there is a particular integral of the form \(y = k x ^ { 2 } \mathrm { e } ^ { 3 x }\), find the value of \(k\).