Paper 2, Section II, A

Differential Equations
Part IA, 2013

Find x(t)x(t) and y(t)y(t) which satisfy

3x˙+y˙+5xy=2et+4e3tx˙+4y˙2x+7y=3et+5e3t\begin{aligned} &3 \dot{x}+\dot{y}+5 x-y=2 e^{-t}+4 e^{-3 t} \\ &\dot{x}+4 \dot{y}-2 x+7 y=-3 e^{-t}+5 e^{-3 t} \end{aligned}

subject to x=y=0x=y=0 at t=0t=0.