How to solve 2nd ODE equation in numerical and analytical method at same plot graph?

Hello,
I am was looking for help to solve this equation
a. dx/dt = -x
b. dx/dt = -x+1
in Matlab, can I get help to solve this equation of plot the numerical solutions and analytical solutions in the same graph and compare them.
with ode45
can anyone help me with this code?

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I was looking for these kind of equation as well, by the way 2nd ODE solution was very helpful.
can you help me in these kind of equation as well?
majorly for the dsolve part.
Just substitute each of those equations into ‘DEqn’ in my previous code, and go from there with each one separately. Make appropriate changes in the initial conditions and time limits as necessary (since I guessed at those).
PLease stop asking the same question every 30 minutes. You asked this question before, and got an answer.
Its not the same one I asked before,
I just wanted to have some assistance on how these equation behave in 1st order ODE,
I have got the revelant idea on how to carry it out!!
Thank you
a .
dx/dt = - x -> dx/x = -dt -> log(x/x0) = (t0-t) -> x = x0 * exp(t0-t)
b.
dx/dt = -x+1 -> dx/(x-1) = -dt -> log((x-1)/(x0-1)) = t0-t -> x-1 = (x0-1)*exp(t0-t) -> x = 1 + (x0-1)*exp(t0-t)

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Answers (1)

I understand that you are trying to solve the differential equations both numerically and analytically and get the plots on same graph for comparison.
You can use available MATLAB functions “ode45” for numerical approach and “dsolve” for analytical approach.
Please refer to the attached code snippets, which can help you solve the problem.
NOTE: Since the initial conditions are not given, they are assumed
a). dx/dt = -x
%Numerical Method
[t,x] = ode45(@(t,x) -x,[0 20],1)
plot(t,x)
hold on
%Analytical Method
syms x(t)
dx = diff(x)
eqn = dx==-x
x(t) = dsolve(eqn,x(0)==1)
t = 0:20
plot(t,x(t))
hold off
legend("Numerical","Analytical")
b). dx/dt = -x+1
%Numerical Method
[t,x] = ode45(@(t,x) -x+1,[0 20],0)
plot(t,x)
hold on
%Analytical Method
syms x(t)
dx = diff(x)
eqn = dx==-x+1
x(t) = dsolve(eqn,x(0)==0)
t = 0:20
plot(t,x(t))
hold off
legend("Numerical","Analytical")
You can also refer to the below links regarding “ode45” and “dsolve” for future references.

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on 28 Sep 2022

Answered:

Sai
on 12 Oct 2022

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