Calculus 8th Edition

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Chapter 9 - Differential Equations - 9.3 Separable Equations - 9.3 Exercises - Page 645: 18

Answer

$\displaystyle L= -\frac{1}{kt\ln(t)-kt+1+k}$

Work Step by Step

$\displaystyle \frac{dL}{dt} = kL^2\ln t$ Separation of Variables $\displaystyle \frac{dL}{L^2} = k\ln (t)dt$ Integrate with respect to each variable. To integrate $\ln(t)$ we have to use integration by parts whose formula is the following (Let $f$ and $g$ be functions of $x$):$\displaystyle \int (f\cdot g')dx = f\cdot g-\int (f'\cdot g)dx$ For this problem, let $f = \ln(t)$ such that $f' = \frac{1}{t}$ and $g' = 1$ such that $g = t$ $\displaystyle \int\frac{dL}{L^2} = k\int(1)\ln (t)dt$ $\displaystyle \int L^{-2}dL= k(t\ln(t)-\int t\cdot\frac{1}{t}dt)$ $\displaystyle \frac{L^{-1}}{-1}= k(t\ln(t)-\int (1)dt)$ $\displaystyle -\frac{1}{L}= k(t\ln(t)-t+C)$ Plug in the initial condition to solve for $C$ $\displaystyle -\frac{1}{(-1)} = k((1)\ln(1)-(1)+C)$ $\displaystyle 1 = k(0-1+C)$ $\displaystyle \frac{1}{k} = -1+C$ $\displaystyle \frac{1}{k} + 1 = C$ Plug the value for $C$ that we just found back into the equation and isolate $L$ $\displaystyle -\frac{1}{L}= k(t\ln(t)-t+\frac{1}{k}+1) = kt\ln(t)-kt+1+k$ $\displaystyle \frac{1}{L}= -(kt\ln(t)-kt+1+k)$ $\displaystyle L= -\frac{1}{kt\ln(t)-kt+1+k}$
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