Form the differential equation corresponding to y^2-2ay+x^2=a^2 b…

Question

Form the differential equation corresponding to $\text{y}^2-2\text{ay}+\text{x}^2=\text{a}^2$ by eliminating a.

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Answer

The equation of the family of curves is
$y^2 - 2ay + 2+ = a^{2 }...(1)$
where a is a parameter.
This equation contains only one arbitrary constant,
so we shall get a differential equation of first order.
Differentiating equation $(1)$ with respect to $x,$ we get
$2\text{y}\frac{\text{dy}}{\text{dx}}-2\text{a}\frac{\text{dy}}{\text{dx}}+2\text{x}=0$
$\Rightarrow2\text{y}\frac{\text{dy}}{\text{dx}}+2\text{x}=2\text{a}\frac{\text{dy}}{\text{dx}}$
$\Rightarrow\text{y}+\frac{\text{x}}{\frac{\text{dy}}{\text{dx}}}=\text{a}$
Substituting the value of a in equation $(2),$ we get
$\text{y}^2-2\Bigg(\text{y}+\frac{\text{x}}{\frac{\text{dy}}{\text{dx}}}\Bigg)\text{y}+\text{x}^2=\Bigg(\text{y}+\frac{\text{x}}{\frac{\text{dy}}{\text{dx}}}\Bigg)^2$
$\Rightarrow\frac{\text{y}^2\frac{\text{dy}}{\text{dx}}-2\Big(\text{y}\frac{\text{dy}}{\text{dx}}+\text{x}\Big)\text{y}+\text{x}^2\frac{\text{dy}}{\text{dx}}}{\frac{\text{dy}}{\text{dx}}}=\frac{\Big(\text{y}\frac{\text{dy}}{\text{dx}}+\text{x}\Big)}{\Big(\frac{\text{dy}}{\text{dx}}\Big)^2}$
$\Rightarrow\text{y}^2\Big(\frac{\text{dy}}{\text{dx}}\Big)^2-2\text{y}^2\Big(\frac{\text{dy}}{\text{dx}}\Big)^2-2\text{xy}\Big(\frac{\text{dy}}{\text{dx}}\Big)+\text{x}\Big(\frac{\text{dy}}{\text{dx}}\Big)^2$
$=\text{y}^2\Big(\frac{\text{dy}}{\text{dx}}\Big)^2+2\text{xy}\Big(\frac{\text{dy}}{\text{dx}}\Big)+\text{x}^2$
$\Rightarrow(\text{x}^2-2\text{y}^2)\Big(\frac{\text{dy}}{\text{dx}}\Big)^2-4\text{xy}\Big(\frac{\text{dy}}{\text{dx}}\Big)-\text{x}^2=0$
It is the required differential equation.