Science:Math Exam Resources/Courses/MATH215/December 2011/Question 02 (b)
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Question 02 (b) |
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Solve the following ODE |
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Hint |
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This equation is exact (you should verify). To solve it, "partial integration" may be useful. |
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Solution |
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Please rate my easiness! It's quick and helps everyone guide their studies. By differentiating with respect to x, we arrive at and we identify By computing we see that it is exact and hence partial integration can be used to solve it. Note that if then by integrating partially with respect to , we have for some function that does not depend on . If we differentiate with respect to keeping constant then from our initial observations. We therefore find so that for an arbitrary constant C. Therefore, is the general solution to the ODE. |