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question about diffeq.....

Semidevil

Diamond Member
ok, so here is a problem that I am confused about.....we are learning about substitutions.

xy^2 *dy/dx = x^3 + y^3

I first used v = y/x, and did some algerbraice manipulations.

then I did the switchings and substituions and it ended up being x *dv/dx = 1/v^2 which is

1/x dx = v^2 dv.

integrate both sides and I get ln x = 1/3v^3 + c.

now, usually, after this type of problem, what is my next step? how do I get the v's back to Y.....

and the back of book solution says "y^3 = 3x^3(c + ln x)

how did that come up?

am I wrong?

also, it talks about bernoulli's equation, and I dont know it well. so exactly how do I recognize it and what do I do w/ it??
 
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