Which of the following is a homogeneous differential equations?
Answer & explanation
Correct answer: option 4
The differential equation inoption (a) can be written as
$\frac{d y}{d x}=\frac{a^2}{(x-y)^2} \text { or, } \frac{d y}{d x}=f(x, y)$
Clearly, $f(\lambda x, \lambda y) \neq f(x, y)$.
So, it is not a homogeneous differential equation.
Similarly, differential equations in options (b) and (c) are not homogeneous. However, the differential equation in option (d) is homogeneous as it can be written as
$\frac{d y}{d x}=\frac{y \sin \left(\frac{y}{x}\right)-x}{x \sin \left(\frac{y}{x}\right)}$ or, $\frac{d y}{d x}=\varphi(x, y)$
and, $\varphi(\lambda x, \lambda y)=\varphi(x, y)$.