Worked Examples · Example 3
Q.Form the differential equation of the family of curves , where and are arbitrary constants.
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There are two arbitrary constants and , so the resulting differential equation has order ; differentiate twice.
The second derivative is identical to the original , so and are eliminated immediately:
Verify: substitute back. Then , so holds for all . The equation is free of arbitrary constants, as required.
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