Implicit Differentiation and understanding the question?

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This discussion focuses on implicit differentiation and solving differential equations. The user presents two problems: first, verifying the implicit differentiation of the equation t²y + y² = C, where C is a constant, and second, finding values of m such that y = exp(mx) is a solution to the differential equation y' + 2y = 0. The solution for the first problem involves applying the product rule, while the second problem requires substituting y = exp(mx) into the differential equation and simplifying.

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Hi, I am working on my differential equations excercises and I encountered 2 problems.

First one is, I just wanted to check if I did this implicit differenriation right

Homework Statement


[tex]t^{2}[/tex] [tex]\bullet[/tex] y +[tex]y^{2}[/tex] = C where is is a constant

The Attempt at a Solution


My solution is
y [tex]\bullet[/tex] [tex]\frac{dy}{dt}[/tex] * (2t+2)=0



My 2nd question is understanding the question of the problem.
Its phrased like this:
"Find values of m so that y=exp(mx) is a solution of y'+2y=0"

I'm not sure exactly what to do, I've tried plugging in y=exp(mx) directly into the differential equation but I'm not sure what to do next. I've also tried solving the differential equation but I don't know where to go from there.
Any tips?


Thanks for your time.
 
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kyin01 said:
Hi, I am working on my differential equations excercises and I encountered 2 problems.

First one is, I just wanted to check if I did this implicit differenriation right

Homework Statement


[tex]t^{2}[/tex] [tex]\bullet[/tex] y +[tex]y^{2}[/tex] = C where is is a constant



The Attempt at a Solution


My solution is
y [tex]\bullet[/tex] [tex]\frac{dy}{dt}[/tex] * (2t+2)=0

I didn't check this one through but, I will assume you used the product rule for t2y


kyin01 said:
My 2nd question is understanding the question of the problem.
Its phrased like this:
"Find values of m so that y=exp(mx) is a solution of y'+2y=0"

I'm not sure exactly what to do, I've tried plugging in y=exp(mx) directly into the differential equation but I'm not sure what to do next. I've also tried solving the differential equation but I don't know where to go from there.
Any tips?


Thanks for your time.

yes plug it into the equation, and since emx≠ 0 for all x, you can divide by it
 

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