Calculus Examples

$\frac{d y}{d x} = - 2 y^{2}$

Step 1

Separate the variables.

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Step 1.1

Multiply both sides by $\frac{1}{y^{2}}$ .

$\frac{1}{y^{2}} \frac{d y}{d x} = \frac{1}{y^{2}} (- 2 y^{2})$

Step 1.2

Simplify.

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Step 1.2.1

Rewrite using the commutative property of multiplication.

$\frac{1}{y^{2}} \frac{d y}{d x} = - 2 \frac{1}{y^{2}} y^{2}$

Step 1.2.2

Combine $- 2$ and $\frac{1}{y^{2}}$ .

$\frac{1}{y^{2}} \frac{d y}{d x} = \frac{- 2}{y^{2}} y^{2}$

Step 1.2.3

Cancel the common factor of $y^{2}$ .

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Step 1.2.3.1

Cancel the common factor.

$\frac{1}{y^{2}} \frac{d y}{d x} = \frac{- 2}{y^{2}} y^{2}$

Step 1.2.3.2

Rewrite the expression.

$\frac{1}{y^{2}} \frac{d y}{d x} = - 2$

Step 1.3

Rewrite the equation.

$\frac{1}{y^{2}} d y = - 2 d x$

Step 2

Integrate both sides.

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Step 2.1

Set up an integral on each side.

$\int \frac{1}{y^{2}} d y = \int - 2 d x$

Step 2.2

Integrate the left side.

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Step 2.2.1

Apply basic rules of exponents.

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Step 2.2.1.1

Move $y^{2}$ out of the denominator by raising it to the $- 1$ power.

$\int {(y^{2})}^{- 1} d y = \int - 2 d x$

Step 2.2.1.2

Multiply the exponents in ${(y^{2})}^{- 1}$ .

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Step 2.2.1.2.1

Apply the power rule and multiply exponents, ${(a^{m})}^{n} = a^{m n}$ .

$\int y^{2 \cdot - 1} d y = \int - 2 d x$

Step 2.2.1.2.2

Multiply $2$ by $- 1$ .

$\int y^{- 2} d y = \int - 2 d x$

Step 2.2.2

By the Power Rule, the integral of $y^{- 2}$ with respect to $y$ is $- y^{- 1}$ .

$- y^{- 1} + C_{1} = \int - 2 d x$

Step 2.2.3

Rewrite $- y^{- 1} + C_{1}$ as $- \frac{1}{y} + C_{1}$ .

$- \frac{1}{y} + C_{1} = \int - 2 d x$

Step 2.3

Apply the constant rule.

$- \frac{1}{y} + C_{1} = - 2 x + C_{2}$

Step 2.4

Group the constant of integration on the right side as $K$ .

$- \frac{1}{y} = - 2 x + K$

Step 3

Solve for $y$ .

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Step 3.1

Find the LCD of the terms in the equation.

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Step 3.1.1

Finding the LCD of a list of values is the same as finding the LCM of the denominators of those values.

$y, 1, 1$

Step 3.1.2

The LCM of one and any expression is the expression.

$y$

Step 3.2

Multiply each term in $- \frac{1}{y} = - 2 x + K$ by $y$ to eliminate the fractions.

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Step 3.2.1

Multiply each term in $- \frac{1}{y} = - 2 x + K$ by $y$ .

$- \frac{1}{y} y = - 2 x y + K y$

Step 3.2.2

Simplify the left side.

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Step 3.2.2.1

Cancel the common factor of $y$ .

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Step 3.2.2.1.1

Move the leading negative in $- \frac{1}{y}$ into the numerator.

$\frac{- 1}{y} y = - 2 x y + K y$

Step 3.2.2.1.2

Cancel the common factor.

$\frac{- 1}{y} y = - 2 x y + K y$

Step 3.2.2.1.3

Rewrite the expression.

$- 1 = - 2 x y + K y$

Step 3.3

Solve the equation.

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Step 3.3.1

Rewrite the equation as $- 2 x y + K y = - 1$ .

$- 2 x y + K y = - 1$

Step 3.3.2

Factor $y$ out of $- 2 x y + K y$ .

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Step 3.3.2.1

Factor $y$ out of $- 2 x y$ .

$y (- 2 x) + K y = - 1$

Step 3.3.2.2

Factor $y$ out of $K y$ .

$y (- 2 x) + y K = - 1$

Step 3.3.2.3

Factor $y$ out of $y (- 2 x) + y K$ .

$y (- 2 x + K) = - 1$

Step 3.3.3

Divide each term in $y (- 2 x + K) = - 1$ by $- 2 x + K$ and simplify.

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Step 3.3.3.1

Divide each term in $y (- 2 x + K) = - 1$ by $- 2 x + K$ .

$\frac{y (- 2 x + K)}{- 2 x + K} = \frac{- 1}{- 2 x + K}$

Step 3.3.3.2

Simplify the left side.

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Step 3.3.3.2.1

Cancel the common factor of $- 2 x + K$ .

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Step 3.3.3.2.1.1

Cancel the common factor.

$\frac{y (- 2 x + K)}{- 2 x + K} = \frac{- 1}{- 2 x + K}$

Step 3.3.3.2.1.2

Divide $y$ by $1$ .

$y = \frac{- 1}{- 2 x + K}$

Step 3.3.3.3

Simplify the right side.

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Step 3.3.3.3.1

Move the negative in front of the fraction.

$y = - \frac{1}{- 2 x + K}$

Step 3.3.3.3.2

Factor $- 1$ out of $- 2 x$ .

$y = - \frac{1}{- (2 x) + K}$

Step 3.3.3.3.3

Factor $- 1$ out of $K$ .

$y = - \frac{1}{- (2 x) - 1 (- K)}$

Step 3.3.3.3.4

Factor $- 1$ out of $- (2 x) - 1 (- K)$ .

$y = - \frac{1}{- (2 x - K)}$

Step 3.3.3.3.5

Simplify the expression.

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Step 3.3.3.3.5.1

Rewrite $- (2 x - K)$ as $- 1 (2 x - K)$ .

$y = - \frac{1}{- 1 (2 x - K)}$

Step 3.3.3.3.5.2

Move the negative in front of the fraction.

$y = - - \frac{1}{2 x - K}$

Step 3.3.3.3.5.3

Multiply $- 1$ by $- 1$ .

$y = 1 \frac{1}{2 x - K}$

Step 3.3.3.3.5.4

Multiply $\frac{1}{2 x - K}$ by $1$ .

$y = \frac{1}{2 x - K}$

Step 4

Simplify the constant of integration.

$y = \frac{1}{2 x + K}$