Which of the following is a homogeneous differential equations ? |
$(x-y)^2 \frac{dy}{dx} = a^2$ $x\frac{dy}{dx} - 2y = x^3$ $(x+y-1) dy - (x-y +1) dx= 0 $ $xsin (\frac{y}{x}) dy = \begin{Bmatrix} y sin (\frac{y}{x} ) -x\end{Bmatrix}dx$ |
$xsin (\frac{y}{x}) dy = \begin{Bmatrix} y sin (\frac{y}{x} ) -x\end{Bmatrix}dx$ |
The correct answer is option (4) : $xsin (\frac{y}{x}) dy = \begin{Bmatrix} y sin (\frac{y}{x} ) -x\end{Bmatrix}dx$ The differential equation in (1) can be written as $\frac{dy}{dx} =\frac{a^2}{(x-y)^2}$ or, $\frac{dy}{dx} = f(x, y)$ Clearly, $f (\lambda \, x, \lambda, \, y)≠f(x, y)$ So, it is not a homogeneous differential equation. Similarly, different equations in options (2) and (3) are not homogeneous. However, the differential equation in option (4) is homogeneous as it can be written as $\frac{dy}{dx} = \frac{ysin (\frac{y}{x})-x}{xsin(\frac{y}{x})}$ or, $\frac{dy}{dx} = φ(x, y)$ and, $φ(\lambda \, x, \lambda \, y) = φ(x, y)$ |