Boundary Value Problems/Introduction to BVPs/IVP-student-1/Why did I drop the "absolute value" operation

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The answer $$ y $$ will always be either $$ y < 0 $$ or $$ y > 0 $$ depending on the initial value $$ y(0) $$. Since $$ y(0) = 3 $$ and the requirement that $$ y > 0 $$ we have $$ |y| = y $$ for $$ -\infty < x < \infty $$.

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