Thursday, February 27, 2014

Calculus of a Single Variable, Chapter 6, 6.3, Section 6.3, Problem 15

For the given problem: yy'-2e^x=0 , we can evaluate this by applying variable separable differential equation in which we express it in a form of f(y) dy = f(x)dx .
Then, yy'-2e^x=0 can be rearrange into yy'= 2e^x
Express y' as (dy)/(dx):
y(dy)/(dx)= 2e^x
Apply direct integration in the form of int f(y) dy = int f(x)dx :
y(dy)/(dx)=2e^x
ydy= 2e^xdx
int ydy= int 2e^x dx
For the left side, we apply Power Rule integration: int u^n du= u^(n+1)/(n+1) .
int y dy= y^(1+1)/(1+1)
= y^2/2
For the right side, we apply basic integration property: int c*f(x)dx= c int f(x) dx and basic integration formula for exponential function: int e^u du = e^u+C on the right side.
int 2e^x dx= 2int e^x dx
= 2e^x+C
Combining the results for the general solution of differential equation:
y^2/2=2e^x+C
2* [y^2/2] = 2*[2e^x]+2*C
Let 2*C= C . Just a constant.
y^2= 4e^x+C

To find the particular solution we consider the initial condition y(0)=3 which implies x=0 and y =3 .
Plug them in to y^2= 4e^x+C , we get:
3^2= 4e^0+C
9= 4*1+C
9=4+C
Then C=9-4=5 .
Plug-in C=5 iny^2= 4e^x+C , we get the particular solution:
y^2= 4e^x+5
y = +-sqrt(4e^x+5).

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