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This document provides two practice problems involving using the method of reduction of order to find a second solution to a given differential equation. The first problem involves finding a second solution y2(x) to the equation x2y'' - 3y' + 4y = 0 given the first solution y1(x) = x^2. The second problem involves finding a second solution y2(x) to the equation x2y'' - xy' + (x^2 - 1/4)y = 0 given the first solution y1(x) = x^2sin(x).

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This document provides two practice problems involving using the method of reduction of order to find a second solution to a given differential equation. The first problem involves finding a second solution y2(x) to the equation x2y'' - 3y' + 4y = 0 given the first solution y1(x) = x^2. The second problem involves finding a second solution y2(x) to the equation x2y'' - xy' + (x^2 - 1/4)y = 0 given the first solution y1(x) = x^2sin(x).

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PRACTICE 4.

1. Use reduction of order, or its formula, to find a second solution y 2 ( x) for the equation,

x2 y 3y 4y 0, x 0 , given that y1 ( x) x 2 is the first solution.

2. Use reduction of order, or its formula, to find a second solution y 2 ( x) for the equation,
1
x2 y xy ( x2 1
4
)y 0, x 0 , given that y1 ( x) x 2 sin x is the first solution.

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