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Consider two solutions x(t) = x1(t) and x(t) = x2(t) of the differential equation $$\frac{{{{\text{d}}^2}{\text{x}}\left( {\text{t}} \right)}}{{{\text{d}}{{\text{t}}^2}}} + {\text{x}}\left( {\text{t}} \right) = 0,\,{\text{t}} > 0,$$     such that $${{\text{x}}_2} = 0,\,{\left. {\frac{{{\text{d}}{{\text{x}}_2}\left( {\text{t}} \right)}}{{{\text{dt}}}}} \right|_{{\text{t}} = 0}} = 1.$$     The Wronskian \[{\text{W}}\left( {\text{t}} \right) = \left| {\begin{array}{*{20}{c}} {{{\text{x}}_1}\left( {\text{t}} \right)}&{{{\text{x}}_2}\left( {\text{t}} \right)} \\ {\frac{{{\text{d}}{{\text{x}}_1}\left( {\text{t}} \right)}}{{{\text{dt}}}}}&{\frac{{{\text{d}}{{\text{x}}_2}\left( {\text{t}} \right)}}{{{\text{dt}}}}} \end{array}} \right|\]     at $${\text{t}} = \frac{\pi }{2}$$  is

A. 1

B. -1

C. 0

D. $$\frac{\pi }{2}$$

Answer: Option A


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