We need to write the RHS of the DE in terms of unit step functions.

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Now, taking Laplace transform of both sides gives us:

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We need to find Inverse Laplace. First, we concentrate on the MATH part and ignore the MATH part for now.

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$s=0\qquad $gives 1 = 2B gives $B=\dfrac{1}{2}$

$s=-2\qquad $gives 1 = 4C gives $C=\dfrac{1}{4}$

$s=1\qquad $gives 1 = 3A + 3B + C gives $A=-\dfrac{1}{4}$

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So since

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then we have, using the Time-Displacement Theorem (see the Table of Laplace Transforms):

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The graph of i(t) is as follows:

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