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Solving separable differential equation DY over DX equals xy+3x-y-3/xy-2x+4y-8​

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It looks like the differential equation is


(dy)/(dx) = (xy + 3x - y - 3)/(xy - 2x + 4y - 8)

Factorize the right side by grouping.


xy + 3x - y - 3 = x (y + 3) - (y + 3) = (x - 1) (y + 3)


xy - 2x + 4y - 8 = x (y - 2) + 4 (y - 2) = (x + 4) (y - 2)

Now we can separate variables as


(dy)/(dx) = ((x-1)(y+3))/((x+4)(y-2)) \implies (y-2)/(y+3) \, dy = (x-1)/(x+4) \, dx

Integrate both sides.


\displaystyle \int (y-2)/(y+3) \, dy = \int (x-1)/(x+4) \, dx


\displaystyle \int \left(1 - \frac5{y+3}\right) \, dy = \int \left(1 - \frac5{x + 4}\right) \, dx


\implies \boxed = x - 5 \ln

You could go on to solve for
y explicitly as a function of
x, but that involves a special function called the "product logarithm" or "Lambert W" function, which is probably beyond your scope.

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