Update regarding WeBWorK: 6-BasicSecondOrder

March 17, 2019 / Jonas Reitz / 0 Comments

Hi everyone,

Looking through this assignment, I see that the first 3 problems ask about the “characteristic polynomial,” which we have not yet discussed in class. We will discuss this concept on Tuesday (it is not difficult), but in the meantime you should be able to solve problems 4-8 on this assignment.

Regards,
Prof. Reitz

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