Elementary Differential Equations and Boundary Value Problems 9th Edition

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ISBN 10: 0-47038-334-8
ISBN 13: 978-0-47038-334-6

Chapter 2 - First Order Differential Equations - 2.2 Separable Equations - Problems - Page 47: 3

Answer

$y=\frac{1}{c-\cos x}$

Work Step by Step

$\frac{dy}{dx}+y^2\sin(x)=0$ Separate variables: $\frac{dy}{dx}=-y^2\sin(x)$ $\frac{dy}{y^2}=-\sin(x)dx$ Integrate: $-\int{\sin(x)dx}=\int{y^{-2}dy}$ $\cos(x)=-\frac{1}{y}+c$ $\frac{1}{y}=c-\cos x$ $y=\frac{1}{c-\cos x}$
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