This is a question regarding differential equations, please if able give a detailed answer because I'm quite new to it: why is (dx/dt)+(t^3)x=t linear but x(dx/dt)+(t^3)x=t non-linear? thank you in advance

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This is a question regarding differential equations, please if able give a detailed answer because I'm quite new to it:

why is (dx/dt)+(t^3)x=t linear but

x(dx/dt)+(t^3)x=t non-linear?

thank you in advance

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