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Exercise 6.2 · Q26

Q.Form the differential equation of all parabolas whose axis is the X-axis.

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A parabola with axis the X-axis and vertex/latus-rectum free has equation y2=Ax+By^2=Ax+B (two arbitrary constants A,BA,B). Differentiate: 2ydydx=A2y\dfrac{dy}{dx}=A. Differentiate again: 2(dydx)2+2yd2ydx2=02\left(\dfrac{dy}{dx}\right)^2+2y\dfrac{d^2y}{dx^2}=0, i.e. $\left(\dfra …

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