Non homogenous equation- Plotting a graph of y against x

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Given the following equations: $$x'=-x+y-1$$ $$y'=-x-y+3$$ When $t=0$, $x=0$ and $y=3$ Find the general solution for $x$ and $y$ in terms of $t$.

Draw a graph of $y$ against $x$ for values of $t$ >0. Describe what happens as $t$ approaches infinity.

I have found the general solution for $x$ and $y$ to be: $$x(t)=e^{-t} (A cos⁡t+B sin ⁡t)+1$$ $$y(t)=e^{-t} (A cost+B sint)+2$$

Applying the initial conditions the particular solutions are: $$x(t)=e^{-t} (- cos⁡t+ sin ⁡t)+1$$ $$y(t)=e^{-t} ( cost+ sint)+2$$.

Can someone please help verify that this is correct so far and help me with how to proceed in graphing this and explaining the resultant graph.

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Since you have explicit solutions, you can use one of the many graph plotter websites. To determine the behavior as $t\rightarrow\infty$, it might help to first look into the behaviors of $t\mapsto e^{-t}$, $t\mapsto \cos(t)$, $t\mapsto\sin(t)$ as $t$ approaches infinity and you should be able to figure a behavior for the product of those elementary functions.