(* *) (* Numerical Mathematics and Computing, Fifth Edition *) (* Ward Cheney & David Kincaid *) (* Brooks/Cole Publ. Co. *) (* (c) 2003 *) (* No warranties implied or expressed. *) (* File: bvp2 *) solx = NDSolve[{x''[t] == Exp[t] - 3*Sin[t] + x'[t] - x[t], x[1] == 1.09737491, x'[1] == 0}, x, {t, 1.0, 2.0}] soly = NDSolve[{y''[t] == Exp[t] - 3*Sin[t] + y'[t] - y[t], y[1] == 1.09737491, y'[1] == 1}, y, {t, 1.0, 2.0}] xb = x[2] /. %1 yb = y[2] /. %2 lambda = (8.63749661 - yb)/(xb - yb) z[t_] := lambda*x[t] + (1-lambda)*y[t] Table[N[{t, z[t]} /. {solx, soly}], {t, 1.0, 2.0, 1./11.}] TableForm[%] Plot[Evaluate[z[t] /. {solx, soly}], {t, 1, 2}]