Given` y'+y/x=0` and find the particular solution at y(2)=2
when the first order linear ordinary Differentian equation has the form of
`y'+p(x)y=q(x)`
then the general solution is ,
`y(x)=((int e^(int p(x) dx) *q(x)) dx +c)/e^(int p(x) dx)`
so,
`y'+y/x=0--------(1)`
`y'+p(x)y=q(x)---------(2)`
on comparing both we get,
`p(x) = 1/x and q(x)=0`
so on solving with the above general solution we get:
y(x)=`((int e^(int p(x) dx) *q(x)) dx +c)/ e^(int p(x) dx) `
=`((int e^(int (1/x) dx) *(0)) dx +c)/e^(int(1/x) dx)`
first we shall solve
`e^(int (1/x) dx)=e^(ln(x)) =x`
so
proceeding further, we get
y(x) =`((int e^(int (1/x) dx) *(0)) dx +c)/e^(int(1/x) dx)`
=`(0 +c)/(x)`
`=c/x`
so `y(x)=c/x`
now let us find the value of c at `y(2) =2 `
so,
`y(x)=c/x`
=> `2=c/2 `
=>` c=4`
so at y(2) =2 the particular solution is `y(x) =4/x`
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