Question 13 Marks
Find the general solution of the differential equation $x\left(y^3+x^3\right) d y=\left(2 y^4+5 x^3 y\right) d x$
Answer
View full question & answer→$ x \left( y ^3+ x ^3\right) dy =\left(2 y ^4+5 x ^3 y \right) dx$
$\frac{d y}{d x}=\frac{2 y^4+5 x^3 y}{x y^3+x^4}$
It is a homogeneous differential equation
So put $y = vx , \frac{d y}{d x}=v+x \frac{d v}{d x}$
$v+x \frac{d v}{d x}=\frac{2 v^4+5 v}{v^3+1}$
$x \frac{d v}{d x}=\frac{2 v^4+5 v}{v^3+1}-v$
$x \frac{d v}{d x}=\frac{2 v^4+5 v-v^4-v}{v^3+1}$
$\frac{v^3+1}{v^4+4 v} d v=\frac{d x}{x}$
$\int \frac{4 v^3+4}{v^4+4 v} d v=4 \int \frac{d x}{x}$
$\log \left|v^4+4 v\right|=4 \log x+\log C$
$\log \left|v^4+4 v\right|=\log (x)^4+\log C$
$\log \left|v^4+4 v\right|=\log Cx^4$
$v^4+4 v=Cx$
Put $v =\frac{y}{x}$
$\frac{y^4}{x^4}+4 \frac{y}{x}=Cx^4$
$y^4+4 yx^3=Cx$
$\frac{d y}{d x}=\frac{2 y^4+5 x^3 y}{x y^3+x^4}$
It is a homogeneous differential equation
So put $y = vx , \frac{d y}{d x}=v+x \frac{d v}{d x}$
$v+x \frac{d v}{d x}=\frac{2 v^4+5 v}{v^3+1}$
$x \frac{d v}{d x}=\frac{2 v^4+5 v}{v^3+1}-v$
$x \frac{d v}{d x}=\frac{2 v^4+5 v-v^4-v}{v^3+1}$
$\frac{v^3+1}{v^4+4 v} d v=\frac{d x}{x}$
$\int \frac{4 v^3+4}{v^4+4 v} d v=4 \int \frac{d x}{x}$
$\log \left|v^4+4 v\right|=4 \log x+\log C$
$\log \left|v^4+4 v\right|=\log (x)^4+\log C$
$\log \left|v^4+4 v\right|=\log Cx^4$
$v^4+4 v=Cx$
Put $v =\frac{y}{x}$
$\frac{y^4}{x^4}+4 \frac{y}{x}=Cx^4$
$y^4+4 yx^3=Cx$