Question
Solve the following initial value problems:
$(\text{xy}-\text{y}^2)\text{dx}-\text{x}^2\text{dy}=0,\text{y}(1)=1$

Answer

$(\text{xy}-\text{y}^2)\text{dx}-\text{x}^2\text{dy}=0,\text{y}(1)=1$
It is a homogeneous equation
Put y = vx
and $\frac{\text{dy}}{\text{dx}}=\text{v + x}\frac{\text{dv}}{\text{dx}}$
So,
$\text{v + x}\frac{\text{dv}}{\text{dx}}=\frac{\text{xvx}-\text{v}^2\text{x}^2}{\text{x}^2}$
$\text{x}\frac{\text{dv}}{\text{dx}}=\text{v}-\text{v}^2-\text{v}$
$\text{x}\frac{\text{dv}}{\text{dx}}=-\text{v}^2$
$-\int\frac{1}{\text{v}^2}\text{dv}=\int\frac{\text{dx}}{\text{x}}$
$-\Big(-\frac{1}{\text{v}}\Big)=\log|\text{x}|+\text{C}$
$\frac{\text{x}}{\text{y}}=\log|\text{x}|+\text{C}\ \dots(\text{i})$
Put y = 1, x = 1
1 = C
Using equation (1),
$\text{x}=\text{y}\big[\log|\text{x}|+1\big]$
$\text{y}=\frac{\text{x}}{\big[\log|\text{x}|+1\big]}$

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