Differential equations MOC

Separation of variables (differential equations)

Separation of variables is a technique for solving a first order ordinary differential equation of the form

which can be solved by separating the and terms

An ODE which can be solved this way is called separable.

Practice problems

• 2017. Elementary differential equations and boundary value problems, p. 38 (§2.2 problems)
• 2016. Calculus, pp. 645–648 (§9.3 exercises)

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