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The differential equation of the family of curves \(y=a x+\frac{1}{a}\), where \(a(\neq 0)\) is an arbitrary constant, has the degree

  1. A 4
  2. B 3
  3. C 1
  4. D 2
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(D) 2

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We have, \[ \begin{aligned} y & =a x+\frac{1}{a} \\ \Rightarrow \quad \frac{d y}{d x} & =a \end{aligned} \] On putting \(a=\frac{d y}{d x}\) in Eq. (i), we get…