# Implicit Solution To Differential Equation

1. Feb 1, 2014

### Bashyboy

1. The problem statement, all variables and given/known data
Verify that the indicated expression is an implicit solution of the given first order differential equation. Find at least one explicit solution in each case. Give an interval I of definition of each solution.

The differential equation is: $\displaystyle \frac{dX}{dt} = (X -1)(1-2X)$

and the solution is $\displaystyle \ln \left( \frac{2X-1}{X-1} \right) = t$

2. Relevant equations

3. The attempt at a solution

Implicitly differentiating gives

$\displaystyle \ln(2X -1) - \ln(X-1) = t$

$\displaystyle \frac{\dot{X}}{2X-1} - \frac{\dot{X}}{X-1} = 1$

$\displaystyle \frac{2 \dot{X}(X-1)}{(2X-1)(X-1)} - \frac{\dot{X}(2X-1)}{(X-1)(2X-1)} = 1$

$\displaystyle \frac{\dot{X}(2X-1-2X +1)}{(2X-1)(X-1)}$

$\displaystyle \frac{\dot{X} \cdot 0}{(2X-1)(X-1)} = 1$

What happened? What did I do wrong? According to this link http://rmower.com/s_diff_eq/Examples/0101p2.pdf I am incorrect.

2. Feb 1, 2014

### Staff: Mentor

You error is in this step. You didn't distribute the factor of 2 correctly.

In that link, I don't understand how they can go from
$$\frac{2 dX}{2X-1} - \frac{dX}{X-1} = dt$$
to
$$2dX - dX = (2X-1)(X-1) dt$$

3. Feb 1, 2014

### vanceEE

Try leaving $$ln(\frac{1-2X}{X-1})$$ as a a single logarithm and implicitly differentiating by the quotient rule. You should end up with
$$1 = (\frac{(-2X+2)-(1-2X)}{(1-2X)(X-1)})\frac{dX}{dt}$$
where you can simplify to prove that $$t = ln(\frac{1-2X}{X-1})$$ is a particular solution where C = 0

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4. Feb 1, 2014

### vanceEE

$$\frac{-2dX}{1-2X} - \frac{dX}{X-1} \equiv \frac{dX}{(1-2X)(X-1)}$$
by partial fractions.

Therefore, by multiplying by $$(1-2X)(X-1)$$ we're left with
$$-2dX(X-1)-dX(1-2X) = (1-2X)(X-1)dt$$
$$-2XdX + 2dX - dX + 2XdX = (1-2X)(X-1)dt$$ and our 2XdX's cancel out.

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5. Feb 1, 2014

### Staff: Mentor

Geez. I read $(2X-1)$ where it was written $(1-2X)$.

6. Feb 1, 2014

### vanceEE

The initial differential equation, independent of the assumption that X < 0 was $$\frac{dX}{dt} = (1-2X)(X-1)$$

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