Calculus with Applications (10th Edition)

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Chapter 6 - Applications of the Derivative - 6.4 Implicit Differentiation - 6.4 Exercises - Page 335: 33

Answer

$$ x^{\frac{2}{3}}+y^{\frac{2}{3}}=2; \quad\quad (1,1) $$ The equation of the tangent line at the point $(1,1)$ is: $$ y =-x+2 $$

Work Step by Step

$$ x^{\frac{2}{3}}+y^{\frac{2}{3}}=2; \quad\quad (1,1) $$ Now, we can calculate $\frac{dy}{dx}$ by implicit differentiation, $$ \begin{aligned} \frac{2}{3} x^{-1 / 3}+\frac{2}{3} y^{-1 / 3} \frac{d y}{d x} &=0 \\ \frac{2}{3} y^{-1 / 3} \frac{d y}{d x} &=-\frac{2}{3} x^{-1 / 3} \\ \frac{d y}{d x} &=\frac{-\frac{2}{3} x^{-1 / 3}}{\frac{2}{3} y^{-1 / 3}} \\ &=-\frac{y^{1 / 3}}{x^{1 / 3}} \end{aligned} $$ To find the slope of the tangent line at the point $(1,1)$, let $x=1$ and $y=1.$ The slope is $$ \begin{aligned} \frac{d y}{d x} &=-\frac{(1)^{1 / 3}}{(1)^{1 / 3}} \\ &=-1 \end{aligned} $$ The equation of the tangent line is then found by using the point-slope form of the equation of a line. $$ \begin{aligned} (y-y_{1}) &=m(x-x_{1})\\ (y-(1)) &=(-1 )(x-(1))\\ y-1 &=-1 (x-1)\\ y &=-x+1+1\\ y &=-x+2\\ \end{aligned} $$ Therefore, the equation of the tangent line at the point $(1,1)$ is: $$ y =-x+2 $$
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