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First find the characteristic solution. The characteristic equation is

\(r^2-2r+1=(r-1)^2=0\)

which as one root at \(r=1\) of multiplicity 2. This means the characteristic solution for this ODE is

\(y_c=C_1e^x+C_2xe^x\)

For the nonhomogeneous part, you can try a particular solution of the form

\(y_p=(a_2x^2+a_1x+a_0)e^x+be^{-x}\)

which has derivatives

\({y_p}'=(a_2x^2+(2a_2+a_1)x+a_1+a_0)e^x-be^{-x}\)
\({y_p}''=(a_2x^2+(4a_2+a_1)x+2a_2+2a_1+a_0)e^x+be^{-x}\)

Substituting into the ODE, the left hand side reduces significantly to

\(2a_2e^x+4be^{-x}=2e^x-3e^{-x}\)

and it follows that

\(\begin{cases}2a_2=2\\4b=-3\end{cases}\implies a_2=1,b=-\dfrac34\)

Therefore the particular solution is

\(y_p=x^2e^x-\dfrac34e^{-x}\)

and so the general solution is the sum of the characteristic and particular solutions,

\(y=y_c+y_p\)
\(y=C_1e^x+C_2xe^x+x^2e^x-\dfrac34e^{-x}\)