Calculus: Early Transcendentals 9th Edition

Published by Cengage Learning
ISBN 10: 1337613924
ISBN 13: 978-1-33761-392-7

Chapter 9 - Section 9.1 - Modeling with Differential Equations - 9.1 Exercises - Page 611: 11

Answer

$y = {x^3}{\text{ is a solution}}$

Work Step by Step

$$\eqalign{ & y = {x^3},{\text{ }}{x^2}y'' - 6y = 0 \cr & {\text{Differentiate the given function}} \cr & \frac{{dy}}{{dx}} = \frac{d}{{dx}}\left[ {{x^3}} \right] \cr & \frac{{dy}}{{dx}} = 3{x^2} \cr & \frac{{{d^2}y}}{{d{x^2}}} = \frac{d}{{dx}}\left[ {3{x^2}} \right] = 6x \cr & or \cr & y' = 3{x^2}{\text{ and }}y'' = 6x \cr & \cr & {\text{Substitute }}y''{\text{ and }}y{\text{ into the given differential equation}} \cr & \underbrace {{x^2}y'' - 6y = 0}_ \downarrow \cr & {x^2}\left( {6x} \right) - 6\left( {{x^3}} \right) = 0 \cr & 6{x^3} - 6{x^3} = 0 \cr & {\text{ }}0 = 0 \cr & {\text{The statement is true}}{\text{, then }}y = {x^3}{\text{ is a solution}} \cr & {\text{of the given differential equation}}{\text{.}} \cr} $$
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