Solving Equations: Choosing the Right Method | Homogeneous Equation Example

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Could somone help me out and tell me what method to use to solve:

(t^3)(y^2)dt + (t&4)(y^-6)dy = 0

Also, the equation dy/dx - y/x = (x^2)sin2x is homogeneous, right?

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for the top one try seperating the variables
 
Ok, so I separated them and integrated and ended up with:
y=[7^(6/7)]/(7(ln(t)-c))

Does this look right?

Thanks,
Dao Tuat
 
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Can anyone help me out with the second equation? I'm completely lost.
 
that equation for post #3 is not what i got. What did your separation of variables look like?

EDIT: I'm assuming that equation you have is either y=\frac {7^\frac {6}{7}}{7(ln(t)-c)} or y=7^\frac{6/7}{7(ln(t)-c))}
 
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Yes, it looked like the first one, which is the same as
y=7*sqrt[-1/(7[ln(t)+c])], correct?

What I did was end up with -[(t^3)/(t^4)]dt=[(y^-6)/(y^2)]dy after seperating

I then integrated and got -ln(t)+c=-1/(7y^7), and then solved for y.

For the other equation, dy/dx - y/x = (x^2)sin2x, I got:
y=[(xsin2x)/4]-[([x^2]cos2x)/2]
 
Do these answeres and approach look right?
 
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