Integer parameter in an implicit radical solution

Integer parameter in an implicit radical solution

IB Year 6 | Grade 12
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The particular solution on the interval \(x>0\) of the differential equation \((x+\sqrt{xy})y'=y\) satisfies \(y(1)=1\).

The implicit equation this solution satisfies is \(\sqrt{y}(\ln y+k)=k\sqrt{x}\), for some integer number \(k\).

Find the value of \(k\).

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Answer:\(k=2\)

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