Exercise · ZW-FIRST-ORDER-HOMOGENEOUS-EQUATION-010 · ★★★ Advanced
In \(y'=F(y/x)\), if \(F(c)=c\) for a constant \(c\), what happens to the line \(y=cx\)?
Choose one option.
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- B. It is a solution, lost when dividing by \(F(v)-v\).
Explanation
With \(v=c\) constant, \(xv'=0=F(c)-c\), so it is a solution. Separating variables divides by \(F(v)-v=0\) and loses it.
Review the concept: First-order homogeneous equation
A first-order homogeneous equation is a differential equation in which \(y'\) is a function \(F\) of the quotient \(y/x\).
\[\frac{dy}{dx}=F\!\left(\frac{y}{x}\right),\quad v=\frac{y}{x}\;\Rightarrow\; x\,v'=F(v)-v\]
More practice problems: first-order homogeneous equation
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- ZW-FIRST-ORDER-HOMOGENEOUS-EQUATION-003 Applying y=vx to y'=(x+y)/(x), what does xv' reduce to?
- ZW-FIRST-ORDER-HOMOGENEOUS-EQUATION-004 Solve y'=(y)/(x).
- ZW-FIRST-ORDER-HOMOGENEOUS-EQUATION-005 Find the general solution of y'=(x+y)/(x) for x>0.
- ZW-FIRST-ORDER-HOMOGENEOUS-EQUATION-006 Solve y'=(y^2+xy)/(x^2) for x>0.
- ZW-FIRST-ORDER-HOMOGENEOUS-EQUATION-007 If y'=(x+y)/(x) and y(1)=2, what is y(e)?
- ZW-FIRST-ORDER-HOMOGENEOUS-EQUATION-008 For y'=(x^2+y^2)/(xy), what is F(v) with v=y/x?