# Behaviour of implicit ODE solution as x approaches infinity

## Homework Statement

This is the solution to an IVP, and the question asks how the function behaves as x Approaches infinity.
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## The Attempt at a Solution

Well i checked the solution on wolfram alpha and it gave me the same solution, so i'm fairly confident my solution is correct and that it wasn't supposed to be a function with an easier limit to compute.

rearranging the equation gives.

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The limit of the left hand side of the equation must then be:

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So since the right hand side of the solution's limit is zero, for the lefthand side of the solution's limit must also be equal to zero and this occurs iff y = 0.

I'm just not sure if this is a valid approach to computing 'limits' of implicit functions as I don't have Much experience with them yet.

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