Question
Solve $\left( x +2 y ^3\right) \frac{d y}{d x}= y$

Answer

$
\begin{gathered}
\left( x +2 y ^3\right) \frac{d y}{d x}= y \\
\therefore x +2 y ^3= y \frac{d x}{d y} \\
\therefore \frac{x}{y}+2 y^2=\frac{d x}{d y} \\
\therefore \frac{d x}{d y}-\frac{x}{y}=2 y^2
\end{gathered}
$
This is a linear differential equation of the form $\frac{d x}{d y}+P x=Q$, where $P=-\frac{1}{y}, Q=2 y^2$
$
\therefore \text { I.F. }=e^{\int P d y}=e^{\int-\frac{1}{y} d y}=e^{-\int \frac{1}{y} d y}
$
$
=e^{-\log y}=e^{\log \left(\frac{1}{y}\right)}=\frac{1}{y}
$
$\therefore$ the solution of (1) is given by
$
\begin{aligned}
& x \cdot(\text { I.F. })=\int Q \cdot(\text { I.F. }) d y+c \\
& \therefore \frac{x}{y}=\int 2 y^2 \cdot \frac{1}{y} d y+c=2 \int y d y+c \\
& \quad=2\left(\frac{y^2}{2}\right)+c \\
& \therefore x=y\left(y^2+c\right)
\end{aligned}
$
This is the general solution.

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