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Question 1183747:  Find the member of orthogonal trajectories which passes through (1, 2) for the family x^2 + 3y^2 = cy? 
 Answer by robertb(5830)      (Show Source): 
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Now by implicit differentiating the given equation, one gets 
 
2x + 6yy' = cy', which implies that (2x + 6yy')/y' = c.
 
Then by equating both expressions for c, one gets
 
 
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<===>  .
 
 
 
Now for orthogonal trajectories, have to solve for  
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<===>  , which is a Bernoulli D.E. with n = -1.
 
To solve this, use the substitution  .  Hence yy' = v'/2, so that 
 
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This is a 1st order linear D.E. with integrating factor  
 
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===>    <===>   ===>  
 
Solving for k for the member of the family of orthogonal trajectories passing through (1,2), we have  
 , or k = 3.  Therefore,  
 
 
 
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