9 5 1  Differential equations with variables separable
A first order-first degree differential equation is of the form
dy
dx  = F(x, y) (1)
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If F (x, y) can be expressed as a product g (x) h(y), where, g(x) is a function of x
and h(y) is a function of y, then the differential equation (1) is said to be of variable
separable type