Thomas' Calculus 13th Edition

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Chapter 7: Transcendental Functions - Section 7.2 - Natural Logarithms - Exercises 7.2 - Page 382: 83

Answer

$$ y = x+\ln |x| +2 $$

Work Step by Step

Given $$ \frac{dy}{dx}= 1+ \frac{1}{x} ,\ \ \ \ \ \ y(1)=3 $$ Then \begin{align*} y&= \int \left( 1+ \frac{1}{x} \right) dx\\ &= x+\ln |x| +c \end{align*} At $x= 1$ , $y= 3 $, then $$ 3 =1+c\ \ \ \Rightarrow \ \ c= 2$$ Hence $$ y = x+\ln |x| +2 $$
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