How to use maple "odetest" to check a solution. This check applies to all midterm 3 problems. Problem 4 is checked by this same test, because it tests the DE instead of the solution. EXAMPLE: sol:=y(x)=(x^2/4-x/4)*exp(x); de:=diff(y(x),x,x)-y(x)=x*exp(x); odetest(sol,de); The test returns zero (0) if it works. If any nonzero expression prints, then it failed. MORE INFORMATION: ?odetest