Trouble with Late Friday Night Homework

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Homework Statement



I have no clue why I am having trouble with this...late friday night homework maybe.

Solve: [tex]y'=\frac{1}{2}(y-1)^{2}[/tex]
y(0)=2

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The Attempt at a Solution



I tried variable separation and integrating from there:

[tex]\frac{y'}{(y-1)^{2}}=\frac{1}{2}[/tex]

I'm not sure why that didn't work, but I couldn't get the correct from that.Any ideas?
 
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Multiply both sides of that equation by dx and it should be a very simple integral... Just make sure you get all of your signs correct.

EDIT: Although the second equation should be (y-1) and not (y-2).
 
Oh yes, that was a typo - thank you

I'll give it another go. For some reason after integrating it didn't look right so I gave up too soon. I am pretty sure my error is in the algebra at the end. :redface:
 
erok81 said:
Oh yes, that was a typo - thank you

I'll give it another go. For some reason after integrating it didn't look right so I gave up too soon. I am pretty sure my error is in the algebra at the end. :redface:

If you show your algebra, I might be able to help you.