The Laplace transform of the first equation is:
$$
\mathcal{L}\{y'(t) - z'(t) - y(t)\} = \mathcal{L}\{\cos(t)\}
$$
Using the properties of the Laplace transform, we can rewrite this as:
$$
pY(p) - y(0) - pZ(p) + z(0) - Y(p) = \frac{p}{p^2 + 1}
$$
Substituting
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