Home/Calculus II/Elementary differential equations/Separable variablesSection 16.1Separable variablesIfFormulavizCopy LaTeXdydx=g(x)h(y),\frac{dy}{dx}=g(x)h(y),dxdy=g(x)h(y),View detail →then, where the division is valid,FormulavizCopy LaTeXdyh(y)=g(x) dx\frac{dy}{h(y)}=g(x)\,dxh(y)dy=g(x)dxView detail →and both sides are integrated. Constant solutions lost when dividing by h(y)h(y)h(y) must be checked separately.