Question

Solve the following differential equation ;
y' = (4/x)y + x(square root ofy)

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GPT-4o mini
To solve the differential equation

\[
y' = \frac{4}{x} y + x \sqrt{y},
\]

we can rearrange it as

\[
\frac{dy}{dx} - \frac{4}{x} y = x \sqrt{y}.
\]

This is a first-order linear differential equation. We can rewrite it in the standard form:

\[
\frac{dy}{dx} - \frac{4}{x} y - x \sqrt{y} = 0.
\]

This equation is not directly linear due to the \( \sqrt{y} \) term. We can try a substitution to simplify the equation. Let's use the substitution:

\[
y = v^2,
\]

where \( v \) is a function of \( x \). Then we have:

\[
y' = 2v \frac{dv}{dx},
\]

which leads us to substitute into the original differential equation:

\[
2v \frac{dv}{dx} = \frac{4}{x} v^2 + x v.
\]

We can simplify this as:

\[
2v \frac{dv}{dx} - \frac{4}{x} v^2 - x v = 0.
\]

Dividing through by \( v \) (assuming \( v \neq 0 \)) gives:

\[
2 \frac{dv}{dx} = \frac{4}{x} v + x.
\]

Now we can separate the differential equation:

\[
\frac{dv}{dx} = \frac{2}{x} v + \frac{x}{2}.
\]

This is again a linear first-order differential equation. We can find an integrating factor, which is

\[
\mu(x) = e^{\int \frac{2}{x} dx} = e^{2 \ln |x|} = |x|^2.
\]

Multiplying the entire equation by the integrating factor:

\[
|x|^2 \frac{dv}{dx} - 4|x|v = \frac{x^3}{2}.
\]

The left-hand side can be expressed as the derivative of a product:

\[
\frac{d}{dx} \left( |x|^2 v \right) = \frac{x^3}{2}.
\]

Integrating both sides with respect to \( x \):

\[
|x|^2 v = \frac{x^4}{8} + C,
\]

where \( C \) is the integration constant. We can write this expression for \( v \):

\[
v = \frac{x^4}{8|x|^2} + \frac{C}{|x|^2}.
\]

Now substituting back for \( y \) gives:

\[
y = v^2 = \left( \frac{x^4}{8|x|^2} + \frac{C}{|x|^2} \right)^2.
\]

This would be the general solution for the differential equation.

Thus, the solution of the differential equation is:

\[
y = \left( \frac{x^2}{8} + \frac{C}{x^2} \right)^2,
\]

where \( C \) is a constant.

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