ES 208 Module 2:

Solution of
st
some 1 ODE
Engr. Jomar A. Dela Peña
Instructor, CE Dept., USTP-CDO
Outline
▪ 2.0 Solution of some First-Order Differential
Equations
▪ 2.1 Variable Separable
▪ 2.2 Exact Equation
▪ 2.3 Linear Equation
▪ 2.4 Substitution Method
▪ 2.4.1 Homogeneous Coefficients
▪ 2.4.2 Bernoulli’s Equation
▪ 2.4.3 Other Substitution Method

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A review on elimination of arbitrary
constant

Another thing to learn is how to eliminate an arbitrary constant or how to find

the differential equation by Elimination of Arbitrary Constant.
EXAMPLE: Eliminate the arbitrary constants c from the equation 𝒙𝟐 𝒚 = 𝟏 + 𝒄𝒙.

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Separation of Variables
▪ In this module we study several elementary methods for solving first ODE. We
begin by studying an equation in the form

𝑀𝑑𝑥 + 𝑁𝑑𝑦 = 0
▪ where M and N may be functions of both x and y. Some equations of this type
are so simple that they can be put in the form

𝐴 𝑥 𝑑𝑥 + 𝐵 𝑦 𝑑𝑦 = 0 (1)
▪ that is, the variables can be separated, Then a solution can be written at once.
For it is only a matter of finding a function F whose total differential is the left
member of (1). Then F = c, where c is an arbitrary constant, is the desired result.

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Separation of Variables
𝑑𝑦 2𝑦
▪ Example: Solve the equation
𝑑𝑥
= 𝑥

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Separation of Variables
▪ Example: Solve the equation 2𝑥 𝑦 − 1 𝑑𝑥 − 𝑦𝑑𝑦 = 0 when 𝑥 = 0, 𝑦 = 2.

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