Understanding a non-autonomous ODE
Clash Royale CLAN TAG #URR8PPP up vote 2 down vote favorite 1 Consider $x'(t) = a(t)x$ a) Find a formula involving integrals for the solution of this system. b) Prove that your formula gives the general solution of this system. I am new to ODE's and we have gone over integrating the system... $x'/x = a(t)$ in order to attempt to isolate x in terms of $t$ . I thus get $log(x) = 0.5at^2+C ; text(a constant)$ , which yields $x(t) = e^(.5at^2+C)$ , not sure if I'm right here. I'm also not sure why it says "involving integrals," making it sound like the solution needs integral signs in it? For part b, I have no idea how to even start it, not sure what I need to show. Any help appreciated! differential-equations share | cite | improve this question edited 2 hours ago Robert Lewis 39.8k 2 24 59 asked 3 hours ago MathGuyForLife 41 4 1 The right hand side is wrong. $a(t)$ is a function of $t$, so it...