454 DIFFERENTIAL EQUATIONS
Wheny=3,x=1, thus: ln
(
9
1
− 1
)
=ln 1+c
from which,c=ln 8
Hence, the particular solution is:
ln
(
y^2
x^2
− 1
)
=lnx+ln 8=ln 8x
by the laws of logarithms.
Hence,
(
y^2
x^2
− 1
)
= 8 x i.e.
y^2
x^2
= 8 x+1 and
y^2 =x^2 ( 8 x+ 1 )
i.e. y=x
√
( 8 x+ 1 )
Now try the following exercise.
Exercise 182 Further problems on homoge-
neous first order differential equations
- Solve the differential equation:
xy^3 dy=(x^4 +y^4 )dx [
y^4 = 4 x^4 (lnx+c)
]
- Solve: (9xy− 11 xy)
dy
dx
= 11 y^2 − 16 xy+ 3 x^2
[
1
5
{
3
13
ln
(
13 y− 3 x
x
)
−ln
(
y−x
x
)}
=lnx+c
]
- Solve the differential equation:
2 x
dy
dx
=x+ 3 y, given that whenx=1,y=1.
[
(x+y)^2 = 4 x^3
]
- Show that the solution of the differential
equation: 2xy
dy
dx
=x^2 +y^2 can be expressed
as:x=K(x^2 −y^2 ), where K is a constant.
- Determine the particular solution of
dy
dx
=
x^3 +y^3
xy^2
, given thatx=1 wheny=4.
[
y^3 =x^3 (3 lnx+64)
]
- Show that the solution of the differential
equation:
dy
dx
=
y^3 −xy^2 −x^2 y− 5 x^3
xy^2 −x^2 y− 2 x^3
is of
the form:
y^2
2 x^2
+
4 y
x
+18 ln
(
y− 5 x
x
)
=lnx+42,
whenx=1 andy=6.