Thomas' Calculus 13th Edition

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Chapter 9: First-Order Differential Equations - Section 9.2 - First-Order Linear Equations - Exercises 9.2 - Page 536: 6

Answer

$y=\dfrac{2x^{3/2}}{3(1+x)}+\dfrac{c}{1+x}$

Work Step by Step

Re-write the given differential equation as: $(1+x) \dfrac{dy}{dx}+y=\sqrt x$ or, $\dfrac{dy}{dx}+\dfrac{y}{1+x}=\dfrac{\sqrt x}{1+x}$ The integrating factor is: $v(x)=e^{\int (1/1+x) dx}=1+x$ Now, we have $(1+x)\dfrac{dy}{dx}+(1+x)\dfrac{y}{1+x}=(1+x)\dfrac{\sqrt x}{1+x}$ or, $\int [(1+x)y)' dx=\int \sqrt x dx$ or, $(1+x)y=(\dfrac{2}{3}) x^{3/2}+c$ Hence, the General solution is: $y=\dfrac{2x^{3/2}}{3(1+x)}+\dfrac{c}{1+x}$
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