Step 2: Any Solution to Nonhomogeneous Equation ( )

The Method of Undetermined Coefficients is used to find any particular solution to the forced equation. The key is to make an appropriate guess at the form of the particular solution (based on the term(s) that appear in the forcing function).

> GUESS := y(t) = ? ;

> PARAM := { ? };

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> EQN := value( subs( GUESS, MODEL ) ); # if this is nonsense, your guess is probably incorrect

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> VAL := solve( { ? }, PARAM ); # extract appropriate equations that need to be solved

> SOLNp := subs( VAL, GUESS );

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