Calculus Examples

Solve the Differential Equation (dy)/(dx)-y=xy^3
Step 1
To solve the differential equation, let where is the exponent of .
Step 2
Solve the equation for .
Step 3
Take the derivative of with respect to .
Step 4
Take the derivative of with respect to .
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Step 4.1
Take the derivative of .
Step 4.2
Rewrite the expression using the negative exponent rule .
Step 4.3
Differentiate using the Quotient Rule which states that is where and .
Step 4.4
Simplify the expression.
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Step 4.4.1
Multiply by .
Step 4.4.2
Multiply the exponents in .
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Step 4.4.2.1
Apply the power rule and multiply exponents, .
Step 4.4.2.2
Cancel the common factor of .
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Step 4.4.2.2.1
Cancel the common factor.
Step 4.4.2.2.2
Rewrite the expression.
Step 4.5
Simplify.
Step 4.6
Differentiate using the Constant Rule.
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Step 4.6.1
Since is constant with respect to , the derivative of with respect to is .
Step 4.6.2
Simplify the expression.
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Step 4.6.2.1
Multiply by .
Step 4.6.2.2
Subtract from .
Step 4.6.2.3
Move the negative in front of the fraction.
Step 4.7
Differentiate using the chain rule, which states that is where and .
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Step 4.7.1
To apply the Chain Rule, set as .
Step 4.7.2
Differentiate using the Power Rule which states that is where .
Step 4.7.3
Replace all occurrences of with .
Step 4.8
To write as a fraction with a common denominator, multiply by .
Step 4.9
Combine and .
Step 4.10
Combine the numerators over the common denominator.
Step 4.11
Simplify the numerator.
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Step 4.11.1
Multiply by .
Step 4.11.2
Subtract from .
Step 4.12
Move the negative in front of the fraction.
Step 4.13
Combine and .
Step 4.14
Move to the denominator using the negative exponent rule .
Step 4.15
Rewrite as .
Step 4.16
Combine and .
Step 4.17
Rewrite as a product.
Step 4.18
Multiply by .
Step 4.19
Raise to the power of .
Step 4.20
Use the power rule to combine exponents.
Step 4.21
Write as a fraction with a common denominator.
Step 4.22
Combine the numerators over the common denominator.
Step 4.23
Add and .
Step 5
Substitute for and for in the original equation .
Step 6
Solve the substituted differential equation.
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Step 6.1
Multiply each term in by to eliminate the fractions.
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Step 6.1.1
Multiply each term in by .
Step 6.1.2
Simplify the left side.
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Step 6.1.2.1
Simplify each term.
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Step 6.1.2.1.1
Cancel the common factor of .
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Step 6.1.2.1.1.1
Move the leading negative in into the numerator.
Step 6.1.2.1.1.2
Factor out of .
Step 6.1.2.1.1.3
Cancel the common factor.
Step 6.1.2.1.1.4
Rewrite the expression.
Step 6.1.2.1.2
Multiply by .
Step 6.1.2.1.3
Multiply by .
Step 6.1.2.1.4
Multiply by by adding the exponents.
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Step 6.1.2.1.4.1
Move .
Step 6.1.2.1.4.2
Use the power rule to combine exponents.
Step 6.1.2.1.4.3
Combine the numerators over the common denominator.
Step 6.1.2.1.4.4
Subtract from .
Step 6.1.2.1.4.5
Divide by .
Step 6.1.2.1.5
Simplify .
Step 6.1.2.1.6
Multiply by .
Step 6.1.2.1.7
Multiply by .
Step 6.1.3
Simplify the right side.
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Step 6.1.3.1
Rewrite using the commutative property of multiplication.
Step 6.1.3.2
Multiply by .
Step 6.1.3.3
Multiply the exponents in .
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Step 6.1.3.3.1
Apply the power rule and multiply exponents, .
Step 6.1.3.3.2
Multiply .
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Step 6.1.3.3.2.1
Multiply by .
Step 6.1.3.3.2.2
Combine and .
Step 6.1.3.3.3
Move the negative in front of the fraction.
Step 6.1.3.4
Multiply by by adding the exponents.
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Step 6.1.3.4.1
Move .
Step 6.1.3.4.2
Use the power rule to combine exponents.
Step 6.1.3.4.3
Combine the numerators over the common denominator.
Step 6.1.3.4.4
Subtract from .
Step 6.1.3.4.5
Divide by .
Step 6.1.3.5
Simplify .
Step 6.2
The integrating factor is defined by the formula , where .
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Step 6.2.1
Set up the integration.
Step 6.2.2
Apply the constant rule.
Step 6.2.3
Remove the constant of integration.
Step 6.3
Multiply each term by the integrating factor .
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Step 6.3.1
Multiply each term by .
Step 6.3.2
Rewrite using the commutative property of multiplication.
Step 6.3.3
Rewrite using the commutative property of multiplication.
Step 6.3.4
Reorder factors in .
Step 6.4
Rewrite the left side as a result of differentiating a product.
Step 6.5
Set up an integral on each side.
Step 6.6
Integrate the left side.
Step 6.7
Integrate the right side.
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Step 6.7.1
Since is constant with respect to , move out of the integral.
Step 6.7.2
Integrate by parts using the formula , where and .
Step 6.7.3
Simplify.
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Step 6.7.3.1
Combine and .
Step 6.7.3.2
Combine and .
Step 6.7.3.3
Combine and .
Step 6.7.4
Since is constant with respect to , move out of the integral.
Step 6.7.5
Let . Then , so . Rewrite using and .
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Step 6.7.5.1
Let . Find .
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Step 6.7.5.1.1
Differentiate .
Step 6.7.5.1.2
Since is constant with respect to , the derivative of with respect to is .
Step 6.7.5.1.3
Differentiate using the Power Rule which states that is where .
Step 6.7.5.1.4
Multiply by .
Step 6.7.5.2
Rewrite the problem using and .
Step 6.7.6
Combine and .
Step 6.7.7
Since is constant with respect to , move out of the integral.
Step 6.7.8
Simplify.
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Step 6.7.8.1
Multiply by .
Step 6.7.8.2
Multiply by .
Step 6.7.9
The integral of with respect to is .
Step 6.7.10
Rewrite as .
Step 6.7.11
Replace all occurrences of with .
Step 6.7.12
Simplify.
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Step 6.7.12.1
Simplify each term.
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Step 6.7.12.1.1
Combine and .
Step 6.7.12.1.2
Combine and .
Step 6.7.12.1.3
Combine and .
Step 6.7.12.2
Apply the distributive property.
Step 6.7.12.3
Cancel the common factor of .
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Step 6.7.12.3.1
Factor out of .
Step 6.7.12.3.2
Cancel the common factor.
Step 6.7.12.3.3
Rewrite the expression.
Step 6.7.12.4
Cancel the common factor of .
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Step 6.7.12.4.1
Move the leading negative in into the numerator.
Step 6.7.12.4.2
Factor out of .
Step 6.7.12.4.3
Factor out of .
Step 6.7.12.4.4
Cancel the common factor.
Step 6.7.12.4.5
Rewrite the expression.
Step 6.7.12.5
Simplify each term.
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Step 6.7.12.5.1
Move the negative in front of the fraction.
Step 6.7.12.5.2
Multiply .
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Step 6.7.12.5.2.1
Multiply by .
Step 6.7.12.5.2.2
Multiply by .
Step 6.7.12.6
To write as a fraction with a common denominator, multiply by .
Step 6.7.12.7
Combine and .
Step 6.7.12.8
Combine the numerators over the common denominator.
Step 6.7.12.9
Simplify the numerator.
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Step 6.7.12.9.1
Factor out of .
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Step 6.7.12.9.1.1
Factor out of .
Step 6.7.12.9.1.2
Multiply by .
Step 6.7.12.9.1.3
Factor out of .
Step 6.7.12.9.2
Multiply by .
Step 6.7.12.10
Factor out of .
Step 6.7.12.11
Rewrite as .
Step 6.7.12.12
Factor out of .
Step 6.7.12.13
Rewrite as .
Step 6.7.12.14
Move the negative in front of the fraction.
Step 6.7.13
Remove parentheses.
Step 6.8
Solve for .
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Step 6.8.1
Combine and .
Step 6.8.2
Divide each term in by and simplify.
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Step 6.8.2.1
Divide each term in by .
Step 6.8.2.2
Simplify the left side.
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Step 6.8.2.2.1
Cancel the common factor of .
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Step 6.8.2.2.1.1
Cancel the common factor.
Step 6.8.2.2.1.2
Divide by .
Step 6.8.2.3
Simplify the right side.
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Step 6.8.2.3.1
Combine the numerators over the common denominator.
Step 6.8.2.3.2
Simplify each term.
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Step 6.8.2.3.2.1
Apply the distributive property.
Step 6.8.2.3.2.2
Cancel the common factor of .
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Step 6.8.2.3.2.2.1
Move the leading negative in into the numerator.
Step 6.8.2.3.2.2.2
Factor out of .
Step 6.8.2.3.2.2.3
Cancel the common factor.
Step 6.8.2.3.2.2.4
Rewrite the expression.
Step 6.8.2.3.2.3
Multiply .
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Step 6.8.2.3.2.3.1
Multiply by .
Step 6.8.2.3.2.3.2
Multiply by .
Step 6.8.2.3.2.4
Combine and using a common denominator.
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Step 6.8.2.3.2.4.1
Move .
Step 6.8.2.3.2.4.2
To write as a fraction with a common denominator, multiply by .
Step 6.8.2.3.2.4.3
Combine and .
Step 6.8.2.3.2.4.4
Combine the numerators over the common denominator.
Step 6.8.2.3.2.5
Simplify the numerator.
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Step 6.8.2.3.2.5.1
Factor out of .
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Step 6.8.2.3.2.5.1.1
Factor out of .
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Multiply by .
Step 6.8.2.3.2.5.1.3
Factor out of .
Step 6.8.2.3.2.5.2
Rewrite as .
Step 6.8.2.3.2.5.3
Multiply by .
Step 6.8.2.3.3
To write as a fraction with a common denominator, multiply by .
Step 6.8.2.3.4
Simplify terms.
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Step 6.8.2.3.4.1
Combine and .
Step 6.8.2.3.4.2
Combine the numerators over the common denominator.
Step 6.8.2.3.5
Simplify the numerator.
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Step 6.8.2.3.5.1
Apply the distributive property.
Step 6.8.2.3.5.2
Rewrite using the commutative property of multiplication.
Step 6.8.2.3.5.3
Multiply by .
Step 6.8.2.3.5.4
Move to the left of .
Step 6.8.2.3.6
Simplify with factoring out.
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Step 6.8.2.3.6.1
Factor out of .
Step 6.8.2.3.6.2
Factor out of .
Step 6.8.2.3.6.3
Factor out of .
Step 6.8.2.3.6.4
Factor out of .
Step 6.8.2.3.6.5
Factor out of .
Step 6.8.2.3.6.6
Simplify the expression.
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Step 6.8.2.3.6.6.1
Rewrite as .
Step 6.8.2.3.6.6.2
Move the negative in front of the fraction.
Step 6.8.2.3.6.6.3
Reorder factors in .
Step 6.8.2.3.7
Multiply the numerator by the reciprocal of the denominator.
Step 6.8.2.3.8
Multiply by .
Step 6.8.2.3.9
Move to the left of .
Step 7
Substitute for .