How can i solve this separable differential equation? Given Problem is to solve this separable differential equation: y'=(y)/(4x-x^2).

quakbIi

quakbIi

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2022-11-22

How can i solve this separable differential equation?
Given Problem is to solve this separable differential equation:
y = y 4 x x 2 .
My approach: was to build the integral of y':
y = y 4 x x 2 d y = y 2 2 ( 4 x x 2 ) .
But now i am stuck in differential equations, what whould be the next step? And what would the solution looks like? Or is this already the solution? I doubt that.
P.S. edits were only made to improve language and latex

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Kozuh5F7

Kozuh5F7

Beginner2022-11-23Added 9 answers

That's not the way to solve separable equations, this is the general procedure:
d y d x = y 4 x x 2
d y y = d x 4 x x 2
Now that's what you integrate:
d y y = d x 4 x x 2
The left one is immediate, the second one can be done by separating the fraction into two fractions as 1/x and 1/(4-x), which yields to two more logarithms:
4 log y + C = log ( x ) log ( x 4 )
y = C ( x x 4 ) 1 4
Milagros Moon

Milagros Moon

Beginner2022-11-24Added 1 answers

It is separable in that you can separate everything that has y in it from everything that has x in it, i.e.,
y y = 1 4 x x 2 ,
and this is:
( ln y ) = 1 4 x x 2 .
Integrating both sides with respect to x:
( ln y ) d x = 1 4 x x 2 d x ,
gives:
ln y = 1 4 x x 2 d x .
Aside from all other answers, you can do it this way in case you don't like to separate d y / d x as a fraction.

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