Sorry to be posting the same sort of question again but I keep running into this issue and need to understand it. My latest encounter after taking partial anti-derivatives is:
-x^3 - x^2 y^2 - x^2 Y^2 = c
Collecting like terms and incorporating '-' into c:
x^3 + 2 x^2 y^2 = c
The book answer is:
x^3 + x^2 y^2 = c
Once again I do not understand why the 2 can be incorporated into c (assuming that is what was done).
-x^3 - x^2 y^2 - x^2 Y^2 = c
Collecting like terms and incorporating '-' into c:
x^3 + 2 x^2 y^2 = c
The book answer is:
x^3 + x^2 y^2 = c
Once again I do not understand why the 2 can be incorporated into c (assuming that is what was done).
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