Solving PDE by characteristic Methods

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Find the general solution of the following PDE $$x\,\partial_xw - y\,\partial_yw = 0 .$$

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I tried it and I get $$C1=(y/x)$$ meaning $$F(w1) = F(y/x)$$but when I try to verify the answer I dont get the null answer as required

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The characteristic method yields $$ \frac{dx}{x}=-\frac{dy}{y} $$ and so, the right answer is $$ xy=C. $$ Then, if you write $u=u(xy)$, you should be able to see that this solves the equation.