Using differential equations to find an implicit curve

Calculus Level 3

Given y 3 cos x + 3 y 2 sin x d y d x = 0 y^3\cos x+3y^2\sin x \dfrac{dy}{dx}=0 , find the implicit curve C C in form of p = f ( x , y ) p=f(x,y) , where p p is an arbitrary constant.

p = y 4 ln cos x p=y^4\ln \cos x p = y tan x + cos 2 x p=y \tan x+\cos 2x p = y 3 sin x p=y^3\sin x p = y 2 cot x p=y^2\cot x

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2 solutions

Tom Engelsman
Feb 27, 2019

This differential equation is simply the Product Rule of:

d d x ( y 3 s i n ( x ) ) = 0 y 3 s i n ( x ) = C . \frac{d}{dx}(y^3 \cdot sin(x)) =0 \Rightarrow \boxed{y^3 \cdot sin(x) = C}.

Elliot Ede
Feb 26, 2019

When doing implicit differentiation I was considering how if you had a derivative in the form d y d x \frac{dy}{dx} =f(x,y) how you could find the implicit curve like how you could use the fundamental theorem of calculus to find an explicit curve from a derivative. This is why I have posted a relatively easy differential equation to solve.

d y d x = y 3 c o s x 3 y 2 s i n x \frac{dy}{dx}=-\frac{y^3cosx}{3y^2sinx} 3 y d y = cot x d x -\frac{3}{y}dy= \cot x dx . Integrating both sides l n y 3 = ln sin x + c lny^{-3}=\ln \sin x +c y 3 = e c sin x y^{-3}=e^c \sin x p = y 3 sin x \Rightarrow p=y^3 \sin x

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