Elementary Differential Equations and Boundary Value Problems 9th Edition

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ISBN 10: 0-47038-334-8
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Chapter 2 - First Order Differential Equations - 2.2 Separable Equations - Problems - Page 48: 8

Answer

$\displaystyle y + \frac13y^3 = \frac13x^3 + C$

Work Step by Step

First separate the variables: \begin{align*} \frac{dy}{dx} &= \frac{x^2}{1+y^2}\\[0.3cm] (1+y^2) \, dy &= x^2 \, dx \end{align*} Now integrate both sides: \begin{align*} \int(1+y^2) \, dy &= \int x^2 \, dx\\[0.3cm] y + \frac13y^3 &= \frac13x^3 + C \end{align*} Note that there isn't a way to cleanly isolate $y$ by itself on one side. So our answer must be an implicit function.
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