Elementary Differential Equations and Boundary Value Problems 9th Edition

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Chapter 2 - First Order Differential Equations - 2.2 Separable Equations - Problems - Page 48: 12

Answer

(a) The solution of this differential equation is $r=\dfrac{1}{-\ln{\theta}+0.5}$. (c) The interval in which the solution is defined is $R^\textbf{+}-\{e^{0.5}\}$. (b)

Work Step by Step

(a) We have given $\dfrac{dr}{d\theta}=\dfrac{r^2}{\theta}$. Now solve the differential equation as follows: $\dfrac{dr}{d\theta}=\dfrac{r^2}{\theta}$ $\implies\dfrac{dr}{r^2}=\dfrac{d\theta}{\theta}$ Now integrate both sides as follows: $\int \dfrac{dr}{r^2}=\int\dfrac{d\theta}{\theta}$ We get, $-\dfrac{1}{r}=\ln{\theta}+C$ Or, $\dfrac{1}{r}=-\ln{\theta}+C_0$ Or, $r=\dfrac{1}{-\ln{\theta}+C_0}$ Thus the explicit form is $r=\dfrac{1}{-\ln{\theta}+C_0}$. We have given the initial condition $r(1) = 2$. Substitute $\theta=1$ and $r=2$ We get, $2=\dfrac{1}{-\ln{1}+C_0}$ $\implies C_0=\dfrac{1}{2}=0.5$ Hence, the solution of this differential equation is $r=\dfrac{1}{-\ln{\theta}+0.5}$. (c) We know the denominator can not be zero for a rational function. Therefore, $-\ln{\theta}+0.5\ne 0$ $\implies \ln{\theta}\ne 0.5$ $\implies \theta\ne e^{0.5}$ Also, theta can not be negative. Hence, the interval in which the solution is defined is $R^\textbf{+}-\{e^{0.5}\}$. (b)
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