# Separable Variables

• January 31st 2009, 07:46 PM
element
Separable Variables
I'm currently having trouble with these two problems:
1. Solve the given differential equation by separation of variables
(e^x + e^-x) dy/dx = y^2

2. Find implicit and an explicit solution of the given IVP
sqr root of (1-y^2) dx - sqr root of (1-x^2) dy = 0 ; y(0) = sqr root 3 / 2
• January 31st 2009, 08:15 PM
Jhevon
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Originally Posted by element
I'm currently having trouble with these two problems:
1. Solve the given differential equation by separation of variables
(e^x + e^-x) dy/dx = y^2

note that we can write this as

$\frac 1{y^2}~dy = \frac 1{e^x + e^{-x}}~dx$

now integrate both sides to continue

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2. Find implicit and an explicit solution of the given IVP
sqr root of (1-y^2) dx - sqr root of (1-x^2) dy = 0 ; y(0) = sqr root 3 / 2
note that we can write the equation as

$\frac 1{\sqrt{1 - y^2}}~dy = \frac 1{\sqrt{1 - x^2}}~dx$

now integrate both sides to continue
• January 31st 2009, 08:21 PM
element
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Originally Posted by Jhevon
note that we can write this as

$\frac 1{y^2}~dy = \frac 1{e^x + e^{-x}}~dx$

now integrate both sides to continue

note that we can write the equation as

$\frac 1{\sqrt{1 - y^2}}~dy = \frac 1{\sqrt{1 - x^2}}~dx$

now integrate both sides to continue

I got that far for both 1 and 2. For 1, I'm stuck on integrating the right side. For 2, I got an answer but its not matching the books answer. Can you show me how you would do both? Thank you very much.
• January 31st 2009, 08:31 PM
Jhevon
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Originally Posted by element
I got that far for both 1 and 2. For 1, I'm stuck on integrating the right side.

note that $\int \frac 1{e^x + e^{-x}}~dx = \int \frac {e^x}{e^{2x} + 1}~dx$ .......(by multiplying by $\frac {e^x}{e^x}$)

now do a substitution of $u = e^x$

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For 2, I got an answer but its not matching the books answer. Can you show me how you would do both? Thank you very much.
integrating both sides we get

$\arcsin y = \arcsin x + C$

$\Rightarrow y = \sin (\arcsin x + C)$

now use your initial data to find the solution
• January 31st 2009, 09:11 PM
element
Thank you very much. Just one quick general question, when finding the implicit and explicit solution, are we to always have "y" by itself?
• January 31st 2009, 09:23 PM
Jhevon
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Originally Posted by element
Thank you very much. Just one quick general question, when finding the implicit and explicit solution, are we to always have "y" by itself?

"explicit" means y by itself, "implicit" means x's and y's mixed, or simply, not y by itself.