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Which of the following is a homogeneous differential equations? |
$(x-y)^2 \frac{d y}{d x}=a^2$ $x \frac{d y}{d x}-2 y=x^3$ $(x+y-1) d y-(x-y+1) d x=0$ $x \sin \left(\frac{y}{x}\right) d y=\left\{y \sin \left(\frac{y}{x}\right)-x\right\} d x$ |
$x \sin \left(\frac{y}{x}\right) d y=\left\{y \sin \left(\frac{y}{x}\right)-x\right\} d x$ |
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, $\varphi(\lambda x, \lambda y)=\varphi(x, y)$. |