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The degree of the differential equation $x = 1+\left(\frac{dy}{dx}\right)+\frac{1}{2!}\left(\frac{dy}{dx}\right)^{2}+\frac{1}{3!}\left(\frac{dy}{dx}\right)^{3} + .........$

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$x=1+\left(\frac{d y}{d x}\right)+\frac{1}{2 !}\left(\frac{d y}{d x}\right)^{2}+\frac{1}{3 !}\left(\frac{d y}{d x}\right)^{3}+\ldots$
$\left[\because e^{x}=1+x+\frac{x^{2}}{2 !}+\frac{x^{3}}{3 !}+\frac{x^{4}}{4 !}+\ldots\right]$
$\therefore x=e^{\frac{d y}{d x}}$
$\Rightarrow \log _{e} x=\frac{d y}{d x}$
[After taking log on both sides]
Hence, degree of differential equation is $=1$
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Concepts Used:

Differential Equations

A differential equation is an equation that contains one or more functions with its derivatives. The derivatives of the function define the rate of change of a function at a point. It is mainly used in fields such as physics, engineering, biology and so on.

Orders of a Differential Equation

First Order Differential Equation

The first-order differential equation has a degree equal to 1. All the linear equations in the form of derivatives are in the first order. It has only the first derivative such as dy/dx, where x and y are the two variables and is represented as: dy/dx = f(x, y) = y’

Second-Order Differential Equation

The equation which includes second-order derivative is the second-order differential equation. It is represented as; d/dx(dy/dx) = d2y/dx2 = f”(x) = y”.

Types of Differential Equations

Differential equations can be divided into several types namely

  • Ordinary Differential Equations
  • Partial Differential Equations
  • Linear Differential Equations
  • Nonlinear differential equations
  • Homogeneous Differential Equations
  • Nonhomogeneous Differential Equations