ODE
\[ 4 x y'(x)^2=(a-3 x)^2 \] ODE Classification
[_quadrature]
Book solution method
Missing Variables ODE, Dependent variable missing, Solve for \(y'\)
Mathematica ✓
cpu = 0.167901 (sec), leaf count = 37
\[\left \{\left \{y(x)\to \sqrt {x} (a-x)+c_1\right \},\left \{y(x)\to \sqrt {x} (x-a)+c_1\right \}\right \}\]
Maple ✓
cpu = 0.084 (sec), leaf count = 30
\[\left [y \left (x \right ) = -\sqrt {x}\, \left (a -x \right )+\textit {\_C1}, y \left (x \right ) = \sqrt {x}\, \left (a -x \right )+\textit {\_C1}\right ]\] Mathematica raw input
DSolve[4*x*y'[x]^2 == (a - 3*x)^2,y[x],x]
Mathematica raw output
{{y[x] -> (a - x)*Sqrt[x] + C[1]}, {y[x] -> Sqrt[x]*(-a + x) + C[1]}}
Maple raw input
dsolve(4*x*diff(y(x),x)^2 = (a-3*x)^2, y(x))
Maple raw output
[y(x) = -x^(1/2)*(a-x)+_C1, y(x) = x^(1/2)*(a-x)+_C1]