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Past exam of the mathematics course of the year 1 of the natural sciences course of the University of Cambridge 2016 Paper 2 14 b ii Solution by
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Yes: . Its derivative is , while substitution into the right-hand side gives . This is the equilibrium of the transformed autonomous differential equation; it must be restored separately after dividing by in the separated solution.
It is the only straight-line solution. Substituting into the original equation shows that would require from the coefficients, but the constant coefficients would then give . For , the constant equation gives .
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