Solution

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The constant term belongs on the forcing side: the equation is . Set to obtain the first-order linear equation . A particular solution is , while . Imposing fixes . Integrating and then using gives
Direct differentiation gives and , so . Both initial values vanish. The nonzero exponential term is required by the initial derivative, even though the forcing is polynomial.

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