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`y' + 3x^2y = x^2y^3` Solve the Bernoulli differential equation.

`y'+3x^2y=x^2y^3`


Multiply the above equation by `y^(-3)`


`y^(-3)dy/dx+3x^2y(y^(-3))=x^2`


`y^-3dy/dx+3x^2y^(-2)=x^2`


Taking the transformation  `v=y^(-2)`


`(dv)/dx=d/dy(y^(-2))*dy/dx`


`(dv)/dx=-2y^(-3)dy/dx`


`-1/2(dv)/dx=y^(-3)dy/dx`


Now the Bernoulli equation is transformed as ,


`-1/2(dv)/dx+3x^2v=x^2`


`(dv)/dx-6x^2v=-2x^2`


Now the above is a linear equation in the dependent variable v and independent variable y.


The integrating factor is n(x)=`e^(int(-6x^2dx))`


`=e^(-6x^3/3)`


`=e^(-2x^3)`


Then,


`e^(-2x^3)*(dv)/dx-6e^(-2x^3)*x^2v=-2e^(-2x^3)*x^2`


`d/dx(e^(-2x^3)*v)=e^(-2x^3)(dv)/dx+ve^(-2x^3)(-6x^2)`


`=e^(-2x^3)(dv)/dx-6e^(-2x^3)*x^2v`


`=-2e^(-2x^3)*x^2`


`intd/dx(e^(-2x^3)*v)dx=int-2e^(-2x^3)x^2dx`


`e^(-2x^3)*v=-2inte^(-2x^3)*x^2dx`


Let `t=x^3`


`dt=3x^2dx`


`e^(-2x^3)*v=-2inte^(-2t)*dt/3`


`=-2/3(e^(-2t)/(-2))+C`


`=e^(-2t)/3+C`


Substitute back `t=x^3`


`e^(-2x^3)*v=1/3e^(-2x^3)+C`


Substitute back `v=y^(-2)`


`e^(-2x^3)*y^(-2)=1/3e^(-2x^3)+C`


`y^-2=1/3+C/e^(-2x^3)`


`1/y^2=1/3+Ce^(2x^3)`


 `y^2 = 1 / (1/3+Ce^(2x^3))`


`y = +-sqrt(3)/(Ce^(2x^3) + 1)`

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