The solution of $\frac{d y}{d x}=\left(\frac{x}{y}\right)^{-1 / 3}$ is

The solution of $\frac{d y}{d x}=\left(\frac{x}{y}\right)^{-1 / 3}$ is
  1. $x^{2 / 3}+y^{2 / 3}=c$
  2. $y^{2 / 3}-x^{2 / 3}=c$
  3. $x^{1 / 3}+y^{1 / 3}=c$
  4. $y^{1 / 3}-x^{1 / 3}=c$

Solution

We have, $ \begin{gathered} \frac{d y}{d x}=\left(\frac{x}{y}\right)^{-1 / 3} \\ \Rightarrow \quad y^{-1 / 3} d y=x^{-1 / 3} d x \end{gathered} $ On integrating both sides, we get $ \begin{aligned} & \frac{y^{-1 / 3+1}}{-\frac{1}{3}+1}=\frac{x^{-1 / 3+1}}{-\frac{1}{3}+1}+c^{\prime} \\ & \Rightarrow \quad \frac{y^{2 / 3}}{2 / 3}=\frac{x^{2 / 3}}{2 / 3}+c^{\prime} \\ & \Rightarrow \quad y^{2 / 3}-x^{2 / 3}=\frac{2}{3} c^{\prime}=c \\ & \end{aligned} $

Asked in: AP EAMCET 2002

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