The equation of the family of the ellipses having foci on the y-axis and the centre at origin is as follows:
\(\frac{x2}{b2}+\frac{y^2}{a^2}=1...(1)\)
Differentiating equation(1)with respect to x,we get:
\(\frac{2x}{b^2}+\frac{2yy}{b^2}=0\)
\(⇒\frac{x}{b^2}+\frac{yy}{a^2}=0...(2)\)
Again, differentiating with respect to we get:
\(\frac{1}{b^2}+\frac{y.y+y.y}{a^2}=0\)
\(⇒\frac{1}{b^2}+\frac{1}{a^2}(y^2+yy)=0\)
\(⇒\frac{1}{b^2}=-\frac{1}{a^2}(y^2+yy)\)
Substituting this values in equation(2),we get:
\(x[-\frac{1}{a^2}((y)2+yy)]+\frac{yy}{a^2}=0\)
\(⇒-x(y)^2-xyy+yy=0\)
\(⇒xyy+x(y)2-yy=0\)
This is the required differential equation.
A relation between involved variables, which satisfy the given differential equation is called its solution. The solution which contains as many arbitrary constants as the order of the differential equation is called the general solution and the solution free from arbitrary constants is called particular solution.
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