How to solve x^2 y' + 2xy = arctan(x) - ODE

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I struggle to solve this Differential equation:
[tex]x^2y' +2xy = arctanx[/tex]
What I did was just divide x^2 on both side of the sign of equality in order to get the same form as a first-order linear diff.equation. After I've done that, I just multiply [tex]e^(2lnx)[/tex] on the both side of the equation so that the left side of the equation can be written in the form of [tex](u*v)'[/tex]. Now I basically integer on the both side of the equation to remove the derive sign on the left side, but I struggle to integer on the right side of the equation. Can somebody here help me continueing solving this diff.equation? :D
 
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In the original problem, the left side is the derivative of x2y. So you have
d/dx(x2y) = tan-1(x)
==> x2y = [itex]\int tan^{-1}(x) dx[/itex]

You can use integration by parts to integrate the right side.