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Solve the differential equation $\frac{1}{\left(y-1\right)^2}dx+\frac{1}{\sqrt{x^2+4}}dy=0$

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Final Answer

$\frac{y^{3}}{3}-y^2+y=C_0-\frac{1}{2}\sqrt{x^2+4}x-2\ln\left(\frac{\sqrt{x^2+4}}{2}+\frac{x}{2}\right)$
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Group the terms of the equation

$\frac{1}{\sqrt{x^2+4}}dy=-\left(\frac{1}{\left(y-1\right)^2}\right)dx$
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Multiplying the fraction by $-1$

$\frac{1}{\sqrt{x^2+4}}dy=\frac{-1}{\left(y-1\right)^2}dx$
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Multiply both sides of the equation by $\sqrt{x^2+4}$

$dy=\frac{-1}{\left(y-1\right)^2}\sqrt{x^2+4}dx$
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Divide both sides of the equation by $d

$\frac{dy}{dx}=\frac{-\sqrt{x^2+4}}{\left(y-1\right)^2}$
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Rewrite the differential equation in the standard form $M(x,y)dx+N(x,y)dy=0$

$\left(y-1\right)^2dy1\sqrt{x^2+4}dx=0$
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The differential equation $\left(y-1\right)^2dy1\sqrt{x^2+4}dx=0$ is exact, since it is written in the standard form $M(x,y)dx+N(x,y)dy=0$, where $M(x,y)$ and $N(x,y)$ are the partial derivatives of a two-variable function $f(x,y)$ and they satisfy the test for exactness: $\displaystyle\frac{\partial M}{\partial y}=\frac{\partial N}{\partial x}$. In other words, their second partial derivatives are equal. The general solution of the differential equation is of the form $f(x,y)=C$

$\left(y-1\right)^2dy1\sqrt{x^2+4}dx=0$
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Using the test for exactness, we check that the differential equation is exact

$0=0$
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Integrate $M(x,y)$ with respect to $x$ to get

$\frac{1}{2}\sqrt{x^2+4}x+2\ln\left(\frac{\sqrt{x^2+4}}{2}+\frac{x}{2}\right)+g(y)$
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Now take the partial derivative of $\frac{1}{2}\sqrt{x^2+4}x+2\ln\left(\frac{\sqrt{x^2+4}}{2}+\frac{x}{2}\right)$ with respect to $y$ to get

$0+g'(y)$
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Set $\left(y-1\right)^2$ and $0+g'(y)$ equal to each other and isolate $g'(y)$

$g'(y)=y^2-2y+1$
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Find $g(y)$ integrating both sides

$g(y)=\frac{y^{3}}{3}-y^2+y$
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We have found our $f(x,y)$ and it equals

$f(x,y)=\frac{1}{2}\sqrt{x^2+4}x+2\ln\left(\frac{\sqrt{x^2+4}}{2}+\frac{x}{2}\right)+\frac{y^{3}}{3}-y^2+y$
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Then, the solution to the differential equation is

$\frac{1}{2}\sqrt{x^2+4}x+2\ln\left(\frac{\sqrt{x^2+4}}{2}+\frac{x}{2}\right)+\frac{y^{3}}{3}-y^2+y=C_0$
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Group the terms of the equation

$\frac{y^{3}}{3}-y^2+y=C_0-\frac{1}{2}\sqrt{x^2+4}x-2\ln\left(\frac{\sqrt{x^2+4}}{2}+\frac{x}{2}\right)$

Final Answer

$\frac{y^{3}}{3}-y^2+y=C_0-\frac{1}{2}\sqrt{x^2+4}x-2\ln\left(\frac{\sqrt{x^2+4}}{2}+\frac{x}{2}\right)$

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