Integration by substitution

Calculus Level 4

Let g ( x ) g(x) be a differentiable function defined on the domain x > 2 x > -2 satisfying the following conditions: g ( 0 ) = 0 ( x + 2 ) g ( x ) 2 g ( x ) + 2 = 0 g ( x ) 1. \begin{aligned} g(0)&=0 \\ (x+2)g'(x)-2g(x)+2&=0\\ g(x) &\neq 1. \end{aligned} Find g ( 2 ) . g(2).


The answer is -3.

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2 solutions

Shubham Poddar
Apr 29, 2014

integrate (x+2)g'(x)-2g(x)+2=0. we will get g(x)=C(x+2)^2+1, where C is a constant.---(1) by using g(0)=0 and the above equation we will get C=-1/4. now put x=2 and C=-1/4 in equation (1) we will get g(2)=-3

We can write the above as,

d d x g ( x ) 2 ( x + 2 ) g ( x ) = 2 ( x + 2 ) \dfrac {d}{dx} g(x) - \dfrac {2}{(x+2)} g(x) = -\dfrac {2}{(x+2)}

The integrating factor is e 2 ( x + 2 ) d x = 1 ( x + 2 ) 2 e^{\int -\frac{2}{(x+2)}} dx = \dfrac {1}{(x+2)^2}

Multiply the above equation by Integrating Factor

1 ( x + 2 ) 2 d d x g ( x ) 2 ( x + 2 ) 3 g ( x ) = 2 ( x + 2 ) 3 \dfrac {1}{(x+2)^2} \dfrac {d}{dx} g(x) - \dfrac {2}{(x+2)^3} g(x) =- \dfrac {2}{(x+2)^3}

1 ( x + 2 ) 2 d d x g ( x ) + d d x 1 ( x + 2 ) 2 g ( x ) = 1 ( x + 2 ) 3 \dfrac {1}{(x+2)^2} \dfrac {d}{dx} g(x) + \dfrac {d}{dx} \dfrac {1}{(x+2)^2} g(x) = -\dfrac {1}{(x+2)^3}

This becomes,

d d x ( g ( x ) 1 ( x + 2 ) 2 ) = 2 ( x + 2 ) 3 \dfrac {d}{dx} \begin{pmatrix} g(x)\dfrac {1}{(x+2)^2} \end{pmatrix} = -\dfrac {2}{(x+2)^3}

Hence, 1 ( x + 2 ) 2 g ( x ) = 2 ( x + 2 ) 3 d x + C \dfrac {1}{(x+2)^2} g(x) = \displaystyle \int -\dfrac {2}{(x+2)^3} dx + C

g ( x ) ( x + 2 ) 2 = 1 ( x + 2 ) 2 + C \dfrac {g(x)}{(x+2)^2} = \dfrac {1}{(x+2)^2} + C

We get, g ( x ) = 1 + C ( x + 2 ) 2 g(x) = 1 + C(x+2)^2

Put g ( 0 ) = 0 g(0) = 0 we get C = 1 4 C = -\dfrac 14

Hence, our equation is g ( x ) = 1 1 4 ( x + 2 ) 2 {\color{#20A900}{g(x) = 1 - \dfrac 14 (x+2)^2}}

And g ( 2 ) = 1 1 4 ( 2 + 2 ) 2 = 3 g(2) = 1 - \dfrac 14 (2+2)^2 = \boxed {-3}

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