GATE EE 2018 Set 1 — Question 43

MCQ+2 / -0.67MediumFirst-Order EquationsDifferential EquationsEngineering MathematicsSolution of State EquationsState-Space AnalysisControl Systems

Control Systems → Differential Equations → First-Order Equations

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\frac{dx_1(t)}{dt} = x_2(t) - x_1(t)

\frac{d}{dt}(x_1 + x_2) = (x_2 - x_1) + (x_1 - x_2) = 0

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\frac{d}{dt}(x_1 + x_2) = (x_2 - x_1) + (x_1 - x_2) = 0

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