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\noindent {\bf Problem statement} Find the general solution of the differential
equation $$e^{-y}{\displaystyle{{dy}\over{dt}}}+2\cos t=0\,.$$


 
\noindent a) Sketch the solutions corresponding to several values of
the constant of integration, $C$. Does every value of the constant of
integration correspond to a solution curve? If not, which $C$'s do
occur?

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\noindent b) Do all the solutions have the same domain? Explain.

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\noindent c) Sketch the direction field associated with this equation
and superimpose your sketches of solution curves on the direction
field. (Suggestion for sketching the direction field: sketch at
several points along the line $t=0$, then at the corresponding points
along the lines $t=\pi/6$, $\pi/3$, $\pi/2$, etc.)

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