Chapter 2: Q11E (page 76)

Use the method discussed under “Homogeneous Equations” to solve problems 9-16.
$(y^{2} - xy) dx + x^{2} dy = 0$

Short Answer

Expert verified

Homogeneous equation for the given equation is $y = \frac{x}{ln | x | + C}$ and $x \equiv 0, y \equiv 0$ .

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General form of Homogeneous equation

If the right-hand side of the equation $\frac{dy}{dx} = f (x, y)$ can be expressed as a function of the ratio $\frac{y}{x}$ alone, then we say the equation is homogeneous.

Evaluate the given equation

Given, $(y^{2} - xy) dx + x^{2} dy = 0$ .

Evaluate it.

$\begin{array}{rcl} (y^{2} - xy) dx + x^{2} dy & = & 0 \\ x^{2} dy & = & - (y^{2} - xy) dx \\ \frac{dy}{dx} & = & - \frac{y^{2} - xy}{x^{2}} \\ = & \frac{y}{x} - \frac{y^{2}}{x^{2}} \\ = & \frac{y}{x} - {(\frac{y}{x})}^{2} \end{array}$

Substitution method

Let us take $v = \frac{y}{x}$ .

Then $y = vx$ .

By Differentiating,

$\begin{array}{rcl} \frac{dy}{dx} & = & v + x \frac{dv}{dx} \\ v - v^{2} & = & v + x \frac{dv}{dx} \\ - v^{2} & = & x \frac{dv}{dx} \\ \frac{1}{v^{2}} dv & = & - \frac{1}{x} dx \end{array}$

Now, integrate on both sides.

$\begin{array}{rcl} \int v^{- 2} dv & = & - \int \frac{1}{x} dx \\ - v^{- 1} & = & - \ln |x| + C \\ \frac{1}{v} & = & \ln |x| + C \end{array}$

Substitute $v = \frac{y}{x}$ .

$\begin{array}{rcl} \frac{1}{\frac{y}{x}} & = & \ln |x| + C \\ \frac{x}{y} & = & \ln |x| + C \\ y & = & \frac{x}{\ln |x| + C} \end{array}$

Therefore, Homogenous equation for the given equation is $y = \frac{x}{ln | x | + C}$ and $x \equiv 0, y \equiv 0$ .

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