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Separable Differential Equations

Which of the following are separable differential equations (A is a constant)? If they are separable, write them in
separable form (that is, g(x)dx=f(t)dt). When you are done, try to generalize what types of functions on the right
hand side give a separable diff equation.

dx
= x sin(x)
dt

dx
= x sin(x) + sin(t)
dt

dx
= x sin(t)
dt

dx x sin(x)
=
dt t + sin(x)

dx
= sin(xt)
dt

dx
=A
dt

dx 1
= A+
dt sin(x)

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 Phase Space

You might wonder why a second order differential equation is not separable. Beginning with

d2x
=x
dt 2

try to apply the techniques that work for first order differential equations to see that they fail
!

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