This is what im given

(1 + x)dy/dx - xy = x + x2
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From my understanding I should move everything to one side like:

(1 + x)dy/dx -xy - x -x2 = 0

then dy/ dx = xy + x + x2/(1 + x)

and from here i am lost

Can you guys help!

Thanks

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retada i believe that was unecessary

(1 + x)dy/dx - xy = x + x^2 --->

y' - x/(1+x) y = x

First solve the homogeneous part of the equation:

y_h' - x/(1+x) y_h =0 --->

y_h = A exp(x)/(1+x)

Then you promote A from a constant to a function of x and put:

y = A(x) Exp(x)/(1+x)

If you subsitute this in the differential equation, then only the term involving the derivative of A will survive. That's because the terms that do not involve the derivative of A are exactly what you get when you take y to be y_h. y_h satisfies the homogeneous equation and therefore they add up to zero.

So, we get:

A' Exp(x)/(1+x) = x --->

A' = x(1+x)Exp(-x)

Integral of Exp(ax) = 1/a Exp(ax)

Differentiate both sides w.r.t. a:

Integral of x Exp(ax) =

(x/a -1/a^2) Exp(ax)

Differentiate again:

Integral of x^2 Exp(ax) =

( x^2/a -2x/a^2 +2/a^3) Exp(ax)

We thus see that:

A(x) = (-3x -3 -x^2)Exp(-x) + const.

[Note: I didn't check if I made any errors in the calculations!]

ok thanks

Yes, you are on the right track. After rearranging the equation to have all the terms on one side, you have:

(1 + x)dy/dx - xy - x - x^2 = 0

The next step is to express dy/dx in terms of y and x. To do this, we can divide both sides of the equation by (1 + x):

(1 + x)dy/dx = xy + x + x^2
dy/dx = (xy + x + x^2) / (1 + x)

Now, we have a separable differential equation. To solve it, we can multiply both sides of the equation by dx:

dy = (xy + x + x^2) / (1 + x) * dx

Now, we can separate the variables by multiplying both sides by (1 + x) and dividing by (xy + x + x^2):

(1 + x) dy = (xy + x + x^2) dx / (xy + x + x^2)

Simplifying, we have:

(1 + x) dy = dx

Now, we can integrate both sides:

∫(1 + x) dy = ∫dx

Integrating, we get:

y + (x^2 / 2) + cx = x + k

Where c is the constant of integration and k is another constant. Rearranging, we have:

y = -x^2/2 + x + k - cx

So, the solution to the given differential equation is:

y = -x^2/2 + x + k - cx

where k and c are constants.