Differential Equations by separation of variables

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Can someone please help me to calculate the following using separation of variables:

dy/dx = x*(1 - y^2)^(1/2)

to that the solution is in the form:

y =
 
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I have moved both your threads here to the Differential Equations subforum as this is a better fit for them.

What do you get when you separate the variables, before integrating?
 
LAK said:
Can someone please help me to calculate the following using separation of variables:

dy/dx = x*(1 - y^2)^(1/2)

to that the solution is in the form:

y =

For starters:

$\displaystyle \begin{align*} \frac{1}{\sqrt{1 - y^2}} \, \frac{dy}{dx} = x \end{align*}$

and now you can integrate both side w.r.t. x :)