NCERT Class 12 Maths · Chapter 9 Differential Equations · Exercise 9.4 Question 3

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Show the equation y′=$\frac{x + y}{x - y}$ is homogeneous and solve it.

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Final Answer: 2tan⁻¹(y/x)−log(x²+y²)=C, locally with x≠0, x≠y. Step 1: After division the slope depends only on y/x (on a fixed sign component when radicals occur). Put y=vx, so y′=v+xv′. Step 2: The reduced equation is x dv/dx=$- \frac{v^{2} + 1}{v - 1}$. Separate dv/($- \frac{v^{2} + 1}{v - 1}$)=dx/x on branches where division is valid. Step 3: Integration and back-substitution give $- \frac{\log{\left(x^{2} + y^{2} \right)}}{2} + \operatorname{atan}{\left(\frac{y}{x} \right)}$ = C. Step 4: Differentiate the resulting relation to recover the equation on intervals where the original expressions and the required slope are defined.

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