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Find the solution of each of the following initial value problems:

$a) y''-5y'+6y=0 \space \space \space \space \space \space y(1)=e^2 \space \space y'(1)=3e^2$

$b) y''-6y'+9y=0 \space \space \space \space \space \space y(0)=0 \space \space y'(0)=5$

$c) y''+4y'+5y=0 \space \space \space \space \space \space y(0)=1 \space \space y'(0)=0$

I can easily find the general solution for each $a)$ , $b)$ and $c)$, but I'm not entirely sure what to do, or how I use the initial value.

What I have so far, for part $a)$:

$ y''-5y'+6y=0$ $r^2-5r+6=0$ $(r-3)(r-2)=0$ So, the general solution is: $y=Ae^{2x}+Be^{3x}$

For part $b)$:

$ y''-6y'+9y=0$ $r^2-6r+9=0$ $(r-3)^2=0$ So, the general solution is: $y=Ae^{3x}+Bxe^{3x}$

For part $c)$:

$r^2+4r+5=0$ $\frac{-4 \pm \sqrt{16-4*1*5}}{2}$ $-2 \pm i$ So, the general solution is:

$Ae^{-2x}cos(x)+Be^{-2x}sin(x)$

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Take problem a): Plug the initial values into the general solution to get 2 equations in 2 unknowns, A and B. Solve them for A and B. Proceed the same way for the other problems.