Solution

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Set , a positive stochastic exponential with . The Itô formula gives
For , the Itô product rule and cancel both the Brownian terms and the extra drift. Consequently
This is an ordinary Bernoulli differential equation with continuous random coefficients. For , separate variables to obtain
Therefore the Bernoulli stochastic differential equation has the explicit maximal positive solution
valid while its bracket remains strictly positive. When , the reduced equation is , and
Substituting these expressions back through the product rule verifies the original stochastic differential equation, not just the reduced equation.

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