(3.1) … … …
Multiply the right side by x/x :
Substitute y(x) = x v(x), so that dy/dx = x dv/dx + v :
This DE is now separable. With some simplification, you get
Now you're ready to integrate both sides (on the left, the denominator makes for a smooth substitution), which gives
Solve for v, then for y (or leave the solution in implicit form):
(3.2) … … …
It may help to recognize this as a Bernoulli equation. Multiply both sides by
:
Substitute
, so that
. Then you get a linear equation in z, which I write here in standard form:
Multiply both sides by an integrating factor,
, which gives
and lets us condense the left side into the derivative of a product,
Integrate both sides:
Solve in terms of y :
(3.3) … … …
This DE is exact, since
are the same. Then the general solution is a function f(x, y) = C, such that
Integrating both sides of the first equation with respect to x gives
Differentiating this result with respect to y then gives
Then the general solution is
Given that y (1) = 4, we find
so that the particular solution is