What do we mean by "solve the initial differentation problem for y"?

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I'm asked to evaluate an indefinate integral $\int P dx$ by substitution. This is the first question:

$$ P= \frac {x^5+1}{x^2+1} $$

and my answer is

$$(\ln⁡(x^2+1))/2+x^4/4-x^2/2+\arctan⁡(x)+C$$

The second question is "Hence, solve the initial problem $\frac {dy}{dx} = P$ for y, where y = 1 at x = 0".

--- What do we mean by "solving the initial problem for y"?

My guess is to find the constant C by putting y = 1 and x = 0 into the answer $(\ln⁡(x^2+1))/2+x^4/4-x^2/2+\arctan⁡(x)+C$.

May I know if I guess correctly? Thank you for answering.