Exercise · ZW-FIRST-ORDER-HOMOGENEOUS-EQUATION-008 · ★★☆ Intermediate

For \(y'=\dfrac{x^2+y^2}{xy}\), what is \(F(v)\) with \(v=y/x\)?

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  • A. \(v+\dfrac{1}{v}\)

Explanation

Dividing numerator and denominator by \(x^2\): \(\frac{1+v^2}{v}=v+\frac1v\).

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A first-order homogeneous equation is a differential equation in which \(y'\) is a function \(F\) of the quotient \(y/x\).

\[\frac{dy}{dx}=F\!\left(\frac{y}{x}\right),\quad v=\frac{y}{x}\;\Rightarrow\; x\,v'=F(v)-v\]

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