SOLUTION: Please could someone help with the following: Find y as a function of x given that d^2y/dx^2 = 6x - 4. (y=4 when x=1) and (y=2 when x=-1) Please could you show and explain e

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Question 871956: Please could someone help with the following:
Find y as a function of x given that d^2y/dx^2 = 6x - 4. (y=4 when x=1) and (y=2 when x=-1)
Please could you show and explain each step to help me understand the process.
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Answer by rothauserc(4718) About Me  (Show Source):
You can put this solution on YOUR website!
we are given the second derivative d^2y/d^2x = 6x - 4
we will need to integrate the second derivative twice
dy/dx = 3x^2 - 4x +C
y = x^3 -2x^2 +5