Calculus, 10th Edition (Anton)

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Chapter 6 - Exponential, Logarithmic, And Inverse Trigonometric Functions - 6.3 Derivatives Of Inverse Functions; Derivatives And Integrals Involving Exponential Functions - Exercises Set 6.3 - Page 431: 8

Answer

$$\frac{{dy}}{{dx}} = - \frac{{{y^3}}}{2}$$

Work Step by Step

$$\eqalign{ & f\left( x \right) = \frac{1}{{{x^2}}} \cr & {\text{By the formula }}\left( {\text{3}} \right){\text{: }}\frac{{dy}}{{dx}}{\text{ = }}\frac{1}{{dx/dy}} \cr & {\text{Differentiate }}f\left( x \right) = 5{x^3} + x - 7{\text{ with respect to }}y \cr & f\left( x \right) = \frac{1}{{{x^2}}} \cr & y = \frac{1}{{{x^2}}} \cr & \frac{d}{{dy}}\left[ y \right] = \frac{d}{{dy}}\left[ {\frac{1}{{{x^2}}}} \right] \cr & 1 = - \frac{2}{{{x^3}}}\frac{{dx}}{{dy}} \cr & {\text{Solve for }}\frac{{dx}}{{dy}} \cr & 1 = - \frac{2}{{{x^3}}}\frac{{dx}}{{dy}} \cr & \frac{{dx}}{{dy}} = - \frac{{{x^3}}}{2} \cr & f\left( y \right) = x,{\text{ then }} \cr & \frac{{dy}}{{dx}} = - \frac{{{y^3}}}{2} \cr & \cr & {\text{Differentiating implicitly}} \cr & y = \frac{1}{{{x^2}}} \cr & {\text{Let }}x = f\left( y \right) \cr & x = \frac{1}{{{y^2}}} \cr & \frac{d}{{dx}}\left[ x \right] = \frac{d}{{dx}}\left[ {\frac{1}{{{y^2}}}} \right] \cr & 1 = - \frac{2}{{{y^3}}}\frac{{dy}}{{dx}} \cr & {\text{Solve for }}\frac{{dy}}{{dx}} \cr & \frac{{dy}}{{dx}} = - \frac{{{y^3}}}{2} \cr} $$
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