Question on ODE notation I recently had a quiz on separable and exact differential equations. The question was this: Answer using the exact method. No points will be awarded for any other method. y′(x)+y(x)=y(x)^2

Bayobusalue

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2022-11-10

Question on ODE notation
I recently had a quiz on separable and exact differential equations. The question was this:
Answer using the exact method.No points will be awarded for any other method.
y ( x ) + y ( x ) = y ( x ) 2
My question is that I'm confused with this type of notation.
Whereas the usual exact differential equation would look like M d x + N d y = 0
This looks nothing like it.
So what I did was as follows:
y ( x ) + y ( x ) = y ( x ) 2
y + x = x 2
y + ( x x 2 ) = 0
( x x 2 ) d x + d y = 0
Then I proceeded to solving it with the exact method and found my answer:
y = x 3 3 x 2 2 + c
Did I do this right? Thank you.

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Pignatpmv

Pignatpmv

Beginner2022-11-11Added 22 answers

y ( x ) + y ( x ) = y ( x ) 2
Rewrite the DE as:
d y d x + y ( x ) = y ( x ) 2
d y + y d x = y 2 d x
d y + y d x y 2 d x = 0
d y + y ( 1 y ) d x = 0
y ( x ) + y ( x ) = y ( x ) 2
This line is not correct:
y + x = x 2
The y ( x ) does not mean y × x it means that y is a function of the variable x.
y ( x ) + y ( x ) = y ( x ) 2
Is just:
y + y = y 2
Josie Kennedy

Josie Kennedy

Beginner2022-11-12Added 2 answers

You have
y + y = y 2 y y 2 + 1 y = 1
So, let y = 1 z to make
z z + 1 = 0
Now z 1 = u to make
u u = 0
Now, it looks to be very simple. Solve for u and go back to z and y.

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