Separable differential equation

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Definition

The term separable is used for a first-order differential equation that, up to basic algebraic manipulation, is of the form:

It can be solved by rearranging and integrating:

It suffices to have just one freely floating additive constant in the answer because the additive constants coming from the two integrals can be merged into one.