<exercise masterit-seed="9524" masterit-slug="F5" masterit-name="Substitution strategies">
<statement>
<p>
Apply each of the substitutions <m>u=\frac{y}{t}</m> and
<m>u=at+by+c</m> to one of the following
ODEs, and show that each result is separable.
(Do not fully solve either ODE.)
</p>
<ol>
<li>
<m> -3 \, t - {y'} = -y - \frac{3}{3 \, t - y - 3} </m>
</li>
<li>
<m> t^{2} = -t y {y'} - y^{2} </m>
</li>
</ol>
</statement>
<answer>
<ol>
<li>
<m> \frac{u {u'}}{u^{2} - 3} = 1 </m>
</li>
<li>
<m> \frac{u {u'}}{u^{2} + 1} = \frac{1}{t} </m>
</li>
</ol>
</answer>
</exercise>