Calculus, 10th Edition (Anton)

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Chapter 2 - The Derivative - 2.7 Implicit Differentiation - Exercises Set 2.7 - Page 166: 14

Answer

$\frac{{{d^2}y}}{{d{x^2}}} = - \frac{{2x}}{{{y^5}}}$

Work Step by Step

$$\eqalign{ & {x^3} + {y^3} = 1 \cr & {\text{differentiate both sides with respect to }}x \cr & \left( {{x^3} + {y^3}} \right)' = \left( 1 \right)' \cr & \left( {{x^3}} \right)' + \left( {{y^3}} \right)' = \left( 1 \right)' \cr & 3{x^2} + 3{y^2}y' = 0 \cr & {\text{find }}y'{\text{ subtract }}3{x^2}{\text{ from each side}} \cr & 3{y^2}y' = - 3{x^2} \cr & y' = \frac{{ - 3{x^2}}}{{3{y^2}}} \cr & {\text{cancel common factors}} \cr & y' = - \frac{{{x^2}}}{{{y^2}}} \cr & {\text{find }}y'' \cr & y'' = \frac{d}{{dx}}\left( {y'} \right) \cr & y'' = - \left( {\frac{{{x^2}}}{{{y^2}}}} \right)' \cr & {\text{quotient rule }} \cr & \left( {\frac{u}{v}} \right)' = \frac{{vu' - uv'}}{{{v^2}}} \cr & y'' = - \frac{{{y^2}\left( {{x^2}} \right)' - {x^2}\left( {{y^2}} \right)'}}{{{y^4}}} \cr & y'' = - \frac{{2x{y^2} - 2{x^2}yy'}}{{{y^4}}} \cr & {\text{replace }}y' = - \frac{{{x^2}}}{{{y^2}}} \cr & y'' = - \frac{{2x{y^2} - 2{x^2}y\left( { - \frac{{{x^2}}}{{{y^2}}}} \right)}}{{{y^4}}} \cr & {\text{simplify}} \cr & y'' = - \frac{{2x{y^2} + \frac{{2{x^4}}}{y}}}{{{y^4}}} \cr & y'' = - \frac{{2x{y^3} + 2{x^4}}}{{{y^5}}} \cr & {\text{factor}} \cr & y'' = - \frac{{2x\left( {{y^3} + {x^3}} \right)}}{{{y^5}}} \cr & {\text{We know that }}{x^3} + {y^3} = 1 \cr & y'' = - \frac{{2x\left( 1 \right)}}{{{y^5}}} \cr & y'' = - \frac{{2x}}{{{y^5}}} \cr & {\text{we can write }}y''{\text{ as }}\frac{{{d^2}y}}{{d{x^2}}} \cr & \frac{{{d^2}y}}{{d{x^2}}} = - \frac{{2x}}{{{y^5}}} \cr} $$
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