Use the Laplace transform to solve the following initial value problem:
y'' - 2y' + 26y = 0
y(0) = 0, y'(0) = 5
First, using Y for the Laplace transform of y(t), i.e., Y = L{y(t)}, find the equation you get by taking the Laplace transform of the differential equation
Now solve for Y(s) =
By completing the square in the denominator and inverting the transform, find
y(t) =