I was wondering if I could get some advice on how to tackle this question: Consider the differentia

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enclinesbnnbk

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2022-05-15

I was wondering if I could get some advice on how to tackle this question:
Consider the differential equation
x 2 d y d x + 2 x y y 3 = 0 ( 3 )
Make the substitution u = y 2 and show that the differential equation reduces to
1 2 x 2 d u d x + 2 x u 1 = 0 ( 4 )
Solve equation (4) for u(x) and hence write down the solution for equation (3).
I'm trying to do the first part of showing that the differential equation reduces to equation 4. I have started out by:
u = y 2 = 1 y 2 y 2 = 1 u y = ± 1 u
I'm not sure where to continue on from here though.

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Tate Blankenship

Tate Blankenship

Beginner2022-05-16Added 12 answers

Use the fact that
u = y 2 u = 2 y 3 y y = 1 2 u y 3

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