MHB Solve Cauchy Problem: Help Needed with Separate Variable Method

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Solve the Cauchy problem:

\begin{align}
\dfrac{dx}{dr} &= y\\
x(0,s) &= s
\end{align}

Help please, I don't remember how solve this :(. Separate variable isn't the method?
 
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Julio said:
Solve the Cauchy problem:

\begin{align}
\dfrac{dx}{dr} &= y\\
x(0,s) &= s
\end{align}

Help please, I don't remember how solve this :(. Separate variable isn't the method?

Is it surely $\frac{dx}{dr}$ ?
 
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