[_quadrature]
Book solution method
Separable ODE, Independent variable missing
Mathematica ✓
cpu = 0.0310508 (sec), leaf count = 27
Maple ✓
cpu = 0.015 (sec), leaf count = 24
DSolve[y'[x] == y[x]*Sqrt[a + b*y[x]],y[x],x]
Mathematica raw output
{{y[x] -> -((a*Sech[(Sqrt[a]*(x + C[1]))/2]^2)/b)}}
Maple raw input
dsolve(diff(y(x),x) = y(x)*(a+b*y(x))^(1/2), y(x),'implicit')
Maple raw output
x+2/a^(1/2)*arctanh((a+b*y(x))^(1/2)/a^(1/2))+_C1 = 0