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Separable Equations Example


\begin{displaymath}\frac{dy}{dx} = \frac{x^3 - x^2}{y^2}\end{displaymath}


(x3-x2) dx - y2 dy = 0


\begin{displaymath}\frac{x^4}{4} - \frac{x^3}{3} + \frac{y^3}{3} = c\end{displaymath}

It's not always possible to solve for y, but in this case it is, and we obtain

\begin{displaymath}y = (3x^4 - 4x^3 + 4y^3 + C)^{\frac{1}{3}}\end{displaymath}





Math 23 Winter 2000
2000-01-07