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Example Question #331 : Equations
Find the general solution to the following differential equation:
To find the general solution for the differential equation, we must bring the y and dy terms to the same side, and the x and dx terms to the same side:
Now, integrate on both sides:
We used the following rules for integration:
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Note that we only have one constant of integration, C, because the one from the left side of the equation (from the y integration) was combined with the one on the right side.
Now, exponentiate both sides of the equation to finish:
Example Question #71 : How To Find Solutions To Differential Equations
Which of the following is a solution to the differential equation
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Here we use the guess and check method to see if we can find a solution to the differential equation. We can find the first derivatives of each of the answer choices with respect to and then perform the operations on the derivative indicated to see which of the choices satisfies the differential equation. Taking these derivates involves our using the product rule and the chain rule, both given below.
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Here is a list of each of the answer choices, their derivatives and then the first few steps of the operations given in the differential equation.
From here you can clearly see that one answer will satisfy the differential equation.
Example Question #73 : How To Find Solutions To Differential Equations
Suppose Charlie deposits per month into an account that contains a starting balance of .
Which of the following is a solution to the differential equation and initial condition found in the previous questions?
To solve the differential equation we can integrate both sides with respect to .
The left hand side just becomes as
(Note we can save the and just include that on one side of the equation. The right hand side becomes
as we are integrating a constant, and the integral of any constant, , is just by
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Now that we have the expression
, we can use our initial condition to solve for the constant of integration, .
Since we have , then .
Therefore, and our specific solution is .
Example Question #72 : How To Find Solutions To Differential Equations
Find the general solution to the differential equation:
The differential equation can be seperated, so that y and dy and x and dx are on the same sides:
Now, integrate both sides:
We used the following integration rules:
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Note that the C's combined to make one C.
Finally, exponentiate both sides to get our final answer:
Example Question #81 : How To Find Solutions To Differential Equations
Find the general solution to the differential equation:
To solve the seperable differential equation, we must put the x and dx and y and dy on the same sides:
Now, integrate both sides:
The integrations were performed using the following rules:
Finally, solve for y:
Note that the Cs combined to make one constant of integration.
Example Question #81 : Solutions To Differential Equations
Find the general solution to the differential equation:
The solution for the separable differential equation can be found by first separating x and dx, y and dy:
Now, integrate both sides:
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The following rules were used for integration:
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Finally, solve for y:
Note that the Cs combined to make one constant of integration.
Example Question #81 : How To Find Solutions To Differential Equations
Find the derivative of the function
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To find this derivative, use of both the product rule and quotient rule for derivatives will be necessary. The latter states:
For our function
The derivative is simply
For the derivative, the product rule will be useful:
Where
And the derivative is:
Putting all of this together, the derivative of f(x) is:
Example Question #333 : Equations
Find the general solution to the given differential equation:
To solve the differential equation, we must move the x and y terms with dx and dy, respectively:
Now we can integrate:
using the following rules:
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To finish, write the equation in terms of y alone:
Example Question #334 : Equations
Find the derivative of
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This can be easily separated into two derivatives added together:
The second function is easy: the derivative of any constant is 0. But for the first, we must use the chain rule.
Recall:
Our outside function is and our inside function is .
So the chain rule tells us we must take the derivative of and plug into that function.
The derivative of is , so we have
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Now all we have to do is find the derivative of , which we know is .
So our final answer is
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Example Question #335 : Equations
Find the solution to the differential equation.
By the power rule, we know that
, where are constants and is a variable.
In our case,
, where is a constant.