Calculus 8th Edition

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Chapter 2 - Derivatives - 2.6 Implicit Differentiation - 2.6 Exercises - Page 166: 23

Answer

$\Large\frac{dx}{dy}=\frac{-2x^4y+x^3-6xy^2}{4x^3y^2-3x^2y+2y^3}$

Work Step by Step

$x^4y^2-x^3y+2xy^3=0$ ____(1) Differentiating (1) with respect to $y$ treating $x$ as dependent variable and $y$ as independent variable $\left[4x^3\frac{dx}{dy}y^2+2x^4y\right]-\left[3x^2\frac{dx}{dy}y+x^3\right]+\left[2\frac{dx}{dy}y^3+6xy^2\right]=0$ $\frac{dx}{dy}[4x^3y^2-3x^2 y+2y^3]=-2x^4y+x^3-6xy^2$ $\Large\frac{dx}{dy}=\frac{-2x^4y+x^3-6xy^2}{4x^3y^2-3x^2y+2y^3}$ Hence $\Large\frac{dx}{dy}=\frac{-2x^4y+x^3-6xy^2}{4x^3y^2-3x^2y+2y^3}$.
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