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Homework Statement
y-(sinx)2)dx + sinx)dy
Homework Equations
Since the result wouldn't be a line, the equation would only be linear in one of its variables.
The Attempt at a Solution
y-(sinx)2 = 0 ; sinx = 0 --- y = (sinx)2 + sinx
No clue... Also, is there more than one way to solve this? For example I came across a couple problems that could be solved by as many as 3 different techniques.
I'm wondering how I can get a general feel for these problems because it's not always immediately obvious what approach should be used to solve them(of course that's the point of practicing)... For example when should I generally try determining the integration factor: My - Nx/M = f(x) where u = eint(f(x)) is the I.F. Or things like reducing a problem into common differentials such as d(xy), d(y/x), d(x3/y) or making several changes of variables... The last one is really troublesome for me because I find that picking one way say ZX = V can take one order of magnitude longer than picking ZV = X in some cases, it's hard to develop this intuition of which method is better, or which works, etc. Any advice?
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