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Summer Bradford

Summer Bradford

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2022-06-22

Solve the differential equation by the appropriate substitution
x 2 d y d x + 2 x y = x 4 y 2 + 1

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Schetterai

Schetterai

Beginner2022-06-23Added 25 answers

Use the product rule for derivatives to find the pattern you need.
x 2 y + 2 x y = d d x [ ]
Big hint is that
x 4 y 2 = ( x 2 y ) 2
ADDENDUM
Now that the cat's out of the bag, I may as well show the OP that this equation is a nice, simple, linear equation that does not require techniques from Riccati equations.
My hint was for the OP to observe that
x 2 y + 2 x y = d d x [ x 2 y ]
so that the equation may be rewritten as
d d x [ x 2 y ] = 1 + ( x 2 y ) 2
or
d ( x 2 y ) 1 + ( x 2 y ) 2 = d x
Integrate both sides; recalling that
d u 1 + u 2 = arctan u
We have
arctan ( x 2 y ) = x + C
where C is a constant of integration. Taking the tangent of both sides and dividing by x 2 , we get
y = tan ( x + C ) x 2

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