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    Inital Value Theorem ??

    I know that if y'=ky and y(o)=A, then y=Ae^kt. But in the following problem, I am given y(10), not y(0). How would I go about solving this to get an equation for y?

    y'=ky
    y(10)=2y(0)

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    MHENK

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    ln y = kx + c
    where c is some constant
    given y(10) = 2y(0)
    therefore
    e^(10k + c) = 2e^(c)
    =>k = (ln 2)/10
    the solution is therefore
    y = x(ln 2)/10 + c
    where c is some real const

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