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I have to solve $\displaystyle \frac{dy}{dx}=\left(\frac{x+y+1}{x+y+3}\right)^{2}$.

i am taking $x+y=u.$ So i get $\displaystyle \frac{du}{dx}=\left(\frac{u+1}{u+3}\right)^{2}+1$. After this i dont know how to integrate this.

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This diff. equation can be written as $\frac{dx}{dy}=\left(\frac{x+y+3}{x+y+1}\right)^2$ Let $x+y+1=t\implies dx+dy=dt$ which converts your diff. equation to $\frac{dt-dy}{dy}=\left(\frac{t+2}{t}\right)^2\implies \frac{dt}{dy}=1+\left(\frac{t+2}{t}\right)^2$ which is variable separable and easy to integrate.

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