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Recall a few known results involving the Laplace transform. Given a function \(f(t)\), if the transform exists, then denote it by \(F(s)\). We have

\(\mathcal L_s\left\{e^{ct}f(t)\right\}=\mathcal L_{s-c}\left\{f(t)\right\}=F(s-c)\)

\(\mathcal L_s\left\{\displaystyle\int_0^t f(u)\,\mathrm du\right\}=\dfrac{F(s)}s\)

\(\mathcal L_s\left\{f'(t)\right\}=sF(s)-f(0)\)

Let's put all this together by taking the transform of both sides of the ODE:

\(y'(t)+2e^{-2t}\displaystyle\int_0^te^{2u}y(u)\,\mathrm du=e^{-t}\sin t\)

\(\implies \bigg(sY(s)-y(0)\bigg)+2\mathcal L_s\left\{e^{-2t}\displaystyle\int_0^te^{2u}y(u)\,\mathrm du\right\}=\dfrac1{(s+1)^2+1}\)

Here we use the third fact and immediately compute the transform of the right hand side (I'll leave that up to you).

Now we invoke the first listed fact:

\(\mathcal L_s\left\{e^{-2t}\displaystyle\int_0^te^{2u}y(u)\,\mathrm du\right\}=\mathcal L_{s+2}\left\{\displaystyle\int_0^te^{2u}y(u)\,\mathrm du\right\}\)

Let \(g(u)=e^{2u}y(u)\). From the second fact, we get

\(\mathcal L_s\left\{\displaystyle\int_0^tg(u)\,\mathrm du\right\}=\dfrac{G(s)}s\implies\mathcal L_{s+2}\left\{\displaystyle\int_0^tg(u)\,\mathrm du\right\}=\dfrac{G(s+2)}{s+2}\)

From the first fact, we get

\(G(s)=\mathcal L_s\left\{e^{2u}y(u)\right\}=Y(s-2)\)

so we're left with

\(\dfrac{G(s+2)}{s+2}=\dfrac{Y((s+2)-2)}{s+2}=\dfrac{Y(s)}{s+2}\)

To summarize, taking the Laplace transform of both sides of the ODE yields

\(sY(s)+\dfrac{2Y(s)}{s+2}=\dfrac1{(s+1)^2+1}\)

Isolating \(Y(s)\) gives

\(Y(s)=\dfrac1{\left(s+\frac2{s+2}\right)\left((s+1)^2+1\right)}\)
\(Y(s)=\dfrac{s+2}{\left((s+1)^2+1\right)^2}\)

All that's left is to take the inverse transform. I'll leave that to you as well. You should end up with something resembling

\(y(t)=\dfrac12(t\cos t-(t+1)\sin t)(\sinh t-\cosh t)\)