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Solve the differential equation
(1)/(6x) * (dy)/(dx) = y\sqrt{3x^(2) - 1 }

A.
e^(2/3) \sqrt{(3x^(2) -1)^(3)}
B.
C*e^(2/3) \sqrt{(3x^(2) -1)^(3)}
C. None of these

1 Answer

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This ODE is separable as

1/(6x) dy/dx = y √(3x ² - 1)

→ dy / y = 6x √(3x ² - 1) dx

Integrate both sides:

∫ dy / y = ∫ 6x √(3x ² - 1) dx

The left side is trivial. For the right side, substitute u = 3x ² - 1 and du = 6x dx :

∫ dy / y = ∫ √u du

ln|y | = u ³′² + C

(that is, u is raised to the 3/2 power)

ln|y | = (3x ² - 1)³′² + C

Solve for y by taking the exponential of both sides:

exp(ln|y |) = exp((3x ² - 1)³′² + C )

y = exp((3x ² - 1)³′²) × exp(C )

y = C exp((3x ² - 1)³′²)

which can be written as

y = C exp(√((3x ² - 1)³))

which makes the answer none of these; this solution can't be expressed as either option given in A or B.

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