Solution of first order differential equation with integral type initial condition

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Suppose we want to solve the ODE

$$ \frac{dx}{dt} = f(t)x(t)$$ with initial condition $$x(0) = c_{1}+c_{2} \int_{0}^{\infty} g(t)x(t)dt $$ where $f$ and $g$ are continuous function. Then is it possible to find the explicit solution of this differential equation?

I derived the solution but I got it in the implicit form i.e. solution itself depends on $x$.

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$$ x(t) = e^{\int_0^t f(\tau)d\tau}c_0 $$

after substitution we have

$$ x(0) = c_{1}+c_{2} \int_{0}^{\infty} g(t)e^{\int_0^t f(\tau)d\tau}c_0dt $$

and finally solving for $c_0$

$$ x(0) = c_{1}+c_{2}\phi(c_0) $$