Integration after implicit differentiation

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Homework Statement



What is the integral of:
[tex]y + x \frac{dy}{dx}[/tex]

The Attempt at a Solution


I know that it is xy, after implicit differentiation.
However, I cannot get it without prior knowledge of implicit differentiation.
 
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soopo said:

Homework Statement



What is the integral of:
[tex]y + x \frac{dy}{dx}[/tex]

The Attempt at a Solution


I know that it is xy, after implicit differentiation.
However, I cannot get it without prior knowledge of implicit differentiation.
Note that you would write the integral of that function as
[tex]\int (y+ x\frac{dy}{dx})dx= \int ydx+ xdy[/tex]
That means you are looking for a function F(x,y) so that [itex]dF= F_x dx+ F_y dy= ydx+ xdy[/itex]. If [itex]F_x= y[/itex] then integrating with respect to x, while keeping y constant, F(x,y)= xy+ g(y) where, because we are treating y as a constant, the "constant of integration" may depend on y: g(y). From that, [itex]F_y= x+ g'(y)= x[/itex] which tells us that g'(y)= 0. That means that g really is a constant: g= C so F(x,y)= xy+ C for any constant C.
 
HallsofIvy said:
Note that you would write the integral of that function as
[tex]\int (y+ x\frac{dy}{dx})dx= \int ydx+ xdy[/tex]


Do you mean this?
[tex]\int (y+ x\frac{dy}{dx})dx= \int ydx+ \int xdy[/tex]
 
Isn't that what he wrote?
 
NoMoreExams said:
Isn't that what he wrote?
I have had an idea that the effect of integral sign ends at the first dx or dy sign. Perhaps, this is not true.
 
Thank you, Hallsofivy!