Thomas' Calculus 13th Edition

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Chapter 9: First-Order Differential Equations - Practice Exercises - Page 557: 18

Answer

$y=\dfrac{x^4+2x^2+1}{4x^2}$

Work Step by Step

Here, we have $y'+\dfrac{2}{x} y=x+\dfrac{1}{x}$ The integrating factor is: $I=e^{\int (\dfrac{2}{x}) dx}=x^2$ Now, $x^2[y'+\dfrac{2}{x} y]=(x^2)[x+x^{-1}]$ $\int [x^2y]' =\int (x^3+x) dx $ This implies that $y=x^{-2}(\dfrac{x^{4}}{4}+\dfrac{x^2}{2}+c)$ Now, apply the initial conditions. Thus, we have $c=\dfrac{1}{4}$ Then, $y=x^{-2}(\dfrac{x^{4}}{4}+\dfrac{x^2}{2}+c) \implies y=\dfrac{x^{2}}{4}+\dfrac{1}{4x^2}+\dfrac{1}{2}$ or, $y=\dfrac{x^4+2x^2+1}{4x^2}$
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