Question 53 of 96intermediate🔧 ApplyLong Answer4 marks

In each of the Exercises 1 to 10, show that the given differential equation is homogeneous and solve each of them.

{xcos⁡(yx)+ysin⁡(yx)}y dx={ysin⁡(yx)−xcos⁡(yx)}x dy\left\{x \cos\left(\frac{y}{x}\right) + y \sin\left(\frac{y}{x}\right)\right\} y \, dx = \left\{y \sin\left(\frac{y}{x}\right) - x \cos\left(\frac{y}{x}\right)\right\} x \, dy
Correct Answer

The solution is: xycos⁡(y/x)=Cxy \cos(y/x) = C

Step 1: Rewriting the differential equation

The given equation is:

{xcos⁡(y/x)+ysin⁡(y/x)}y dx={ysin⁡(y/x)−xcos⁡(y/x)}x dy\{x \cos(y/x) + y \sin(y/x)\} y \, dx = \{y \sin(y/x) - x \cos(y/x)\} x \, dy

Rearranging to get dydx\frac{dy}{dx} form:

dydx={xcos⁡(y/x)+ysin⁡(y/x)}y{ysin⁡(y/x)−xcos⁡(y/x)}x\frac{dy}{dx} = \frac{\{x \cos(y/x) + y \sin(y/x)\} y}{\{y \sin(y/x) - x \cos(y/x)\} x}

Step 2: Showing the equation is homogeneous

Let y=vxy = vx, so y/x=vy/x = v.

Substituting in the equation:

dydx=[xcos⁡(v)+vxsin⁡(v)] vx[vxsin⁡(v)−xcos⁡(v)] x\frac{dy}{dx} = \frac{[x \cos(v) + vx \sin(v)] \, vx}{[vx \sin(v) - x \cos(v)] \, x} =x2v{cos⁡(v)+vsin⁡(v)}x2{vsin⁡(v)−cos⁡(v)}= \frac{x^2 v \{\cos(v) + v \sin(v)\}}{x^2 \{v \sin(v) - \cos(v)\}} =v{cos⁡(v)+vsin⁡(v)}vsin⁡(v)−cos⁡(v)= \frac{v \{\cos(v) + v \sin(v)\}}{v \sin(v) - \cos(v)}

Since the right side depends only on v=y/xv = y/x, the equation is homogeneous.

Step 3: Solving using substitution

Let y=vxy = vx, so dydx=v+xdvdx\frac{dy}{dx} = v + x\frac{dv}{dx}

v+xdvdx=v{cos⁡(v)+vsin⁡(v)}vsin⁡(v)−cos⁡(v)v + x\frac{dv}{dx} = \frac{v\{\cos(v) + v \sin(v)\}}{v \sin(v) - \cos(v)} xdvdx=v{cos⁡(v)+vsin⁡(v)}−v{vsin⁡(v)−cos⁡(v)}vsin⁡(v)−cos⁡(v)x\frac{dv}{dx} = \frac{v\{\cos(v) + v \sin(v)\} - v\{v \sin(v) - \cos(v)\}}{v \sin(v) - \cos(v)} xdvdx=vcos⁡(v)+v2sin⁡(v)−v2sin⁡(v)+vcos⁡(v)vsin⁡(v)−cos⁡(v)x\frac{dv}{dx} = \frac{v \cos(v) + v^2 \sin(v) - v^2 \sin(v) + v \cos(v)}{v \sin(v) - \cos(v)} xdvdx=2vcos⁡(v)vsin⁡(v)−cos⁡(v)x\frac{dv}{dx} = \frac{2v \cos(v)}{v \sin(v) - \cos(v)}

Step 4: Separating variables

vsin⁡(v)−cos⁡(v)2vcos⁡(v) dv=dxx\frac{v \sin(v) - \cos(v)}{2v \cos(v)} \, dv = \frac{dx}{x} 12[tan⁡(v)−1v]dv=dxx\frac{1}{2}\left[\tan(v) - \frac{1}{v}\right] dv = \frac{dx}{x}

Step 5: Integrating both sides

12[ln⁡∣sec⁡(v)∣−ln⁡∣v∣]=ln⁡∣x∣+C\frac{1}{2}\left[\ln|\sec(v)| - \ln|v|\right] = \ln|x| + C ln⁡∣sec⁡(v)v∣=2ln⁡∣x∣+C′\ln\left|\frac{\sec(v)}{v}\right| = 2\ln|x| + C' sec⁡(v)v=C′′x2\frac{\sec(v)}{v} = C'' x^2 1vcos⁡(v)=C′′x2\frac{1}{v \cos(v)} = C'' x^2 vcos⁡(v)=C′′′x2v \cos(v) = \frac{C'''}{x^2}

Step 6: Substituting back v=y/xv = y/x

yxcos⁡(yx)=C′′′x2\frac{y}{x} \cos\left(\frac{y}{x}\right) = \frac{C'''}{x^2} ycos⁡(yx)=C′′′xy \cos\left(\frac{y}{x}\right) = \frac{C'''}{x}

∴ xycos⁡(y/x)=Cxy \cos(y/x) = C (where CC is an arbitrary constant)

Exercise: EXERCISE 9.4 | Q: 7 | (Page 22)
For More Understanding

Explanation

This is Exercise 7 from the homogeneous differential equations section. The key steps involve: (1) rearranging to standard form, (2) proving homogeneity by showing the equation depends only on y/xy/x ratio, (3) using substitution y=vxy = vx to convert to separable form, (4) separating variables and integrating, and (5) substituting back to get the final solution.

The trigonometric terms simplify nicely when we use the substitution method for homogeneous equations.

Solution Steps

  1. Step 1: Rearrange equation to dy/dx form

  2. Step 2: Prove homogeneity by substituting y = vx and showing dependence only on v

  3. Step 3: Apply substitution y = vx and find x(dv/dx)

  4. Step 4: Separate variables into f(v)dv and dx/x

  5. Step 5: Integrate both sides

  6. Step 6: Substitute back v = y/x to get final solution