Solve First Order Linear PDE with Method of Characteristic

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Given a problem

$x^2\,u_x+xy\,u_y=y\,u$

Then, the characteristic equation is

$\dfrac{dx}{x^2}=\dfrac{dy}{xy}=\dfrac{du}{yu}$

From the first two of those equation, i got

$C_1=\dfrac{y}{x}$

How to obtain the other $C_2$? So that i have implicit solution $F(C_1)=C_2$?

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$$\dfrac{dx}{x^2}=\dfrac{dy}{xy}=\dfrac{du}{yu}$$

From the first two ratio

\begin{align} \dfrac{dx}{x^2} &= \dfrac{dy}{xy} \\ \implies \dfrac{dx}{x} &= \dfrac{dy}{y} \\ \implies \log x - \log y &= \log c_1 \\ \implies\frac{x}{y} &= c_1 \end{align}

From the last two

\begin{align} \dfrac{dy}{xy} &= \dfrac{du}{yu} \\ \implies \dfrac{dy}{x} &= \dfrac{du}{u} \\ \implies \dfrac{dy}{c_1y} &= \dfrac{du}{u} \\ \implies \log y &= c_1(\log u - \log c_2) \\ \implies \log y &= \frac{x}{y}\log \left(\frac{u}{c_2} \right) \\ \implies \frac{u}{c_2} &= y^{\frac{y}{x}} \\ \implies c_2 &= uy^{-\frac{y}{x}} \end{align}

So the implicit solution is $$F \left(\frac{x}{y} \right)=uy^{-\frac{y}{x}}$$