How Do I Solve This Interesting But Challenging ODE?

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Very simple in writing, but hard to solve:
x*\frac{dy}{dx}=(y^2-y x^2)/(y^2+x^2)
:-p
 
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gvk said:
Very simple in writing, but hard to solve:
x*\frac{dy}{dx}=(y^2-y x^2)/(y^2+x^2)
:-p
Maybe convert to polar coodinates? That x2+y2 wants to be r2. Maybe not though :smile:

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gvk said:
Very simple in writing, but hard to solve:
x*\frac{dy}{dx}=(y^2-y x^2)/(y^2+x^2)
:-p

I tend to look at it this way:

(y^2-yx^2)dx-(xy^2+x^3)dy=0

but are unable to proceed. It's not exact, can't make it exact, and can't come up with any differentials by inspection.
 
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