Calculus with Applications (10th Edition)

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Chapter 6 - Applications of the Derivative - 6.4 Implicit Differentiation - 6.4 Exercises - Page 335: 36

Answer

$$ 2(x^{2}+y^{2})^{2}=25xy^{2}; \quad\quad (2,1) $$ The equation of the tangent line at the point $(2,1)$ is: $$ y =\frac{11}{12}x-\frac{5}{6}. $$

Work Step by Step

$$ 2(x^{2}+y^{2})^{2}=25xy^{2}; \quad\quad (2,1) $$ Now, we can calculate $\frac{dy}{dx}$ by implicit differentiation, use the product rule and the chain rule as follows: $$ \begin{aligned} 4\left(x^{2}+y^{2}\right) \frac{d}{d x}\left(x^{2}+y^{2}\right) &=25 \frac{d}{d x}\left(x y^{2}\right) \\ 4\left(x^{2}+y^{2}\right)\left(2 x+2 y \frac{d y}{d x}\right) &=25\left(y^{2}+2 x y \frac{d y}{d x}\right) \\ 8 x^{3}+8 x^{2} y \frac{d y}{d x}+8 x y^{2}+8 y^{3} \frac{d y}{d x} &=25 y^{2}+50 x y \frac{d y}{d x} \\ 8 x^{2} y \frac{d y}{d x}+8 y^{3} \frac{d y}{d x}-50 x y \frac{d y}{d x} &=-8 x^{3}-8 x y^{2}+25 y^{2} \\ \left(8 x^{2} y+8 y^{3}-50 x y\right)\left(\frac{d y}{d x}\right) &=-8 x^{3}-8 x y^{2}+25 y^{2} \\ \frac{d y}{d x} &=\frac{-8 x^{3}-8 x y^{2}+25 y^{2}}{8 x^{2} y+8 y^{3}-50 x y} \end{aligned} $$ To find the slope of the tangent line at the point $(2,1)$, let $x=2$ and $y=1.$ The slope is $$ \begin{aligned} \frac{d y}{d x} &=\frac{-8 (2)^{3}-8 (2) (1)^{2}+25 (1)^{2}}{8 (2)^{2}(1)+8 (1)^{3}-50 (2) (1)} \\ &=\frac{-55}{-60}\\ &=\frac{11}{12}\\ \end{aligned} $$ The equation of the tangent line is then found by using the point-slope form of the equation of a line. $$ \begin{aligned} (y-y_{1}) &=m(x-x_{1})\\ (y-(1)) &=(\frac{11}{12} )(x-(2))\\ 12(y-1) &=11(x-2)\\ 12y &=11x-22+12\\ 12y &=11x-10\\ y &=\frac{11}{12}x-\frac{10}{12}\\ y &=\frac{11}{12}x-\frac{5}{6}\\ \end{aligned} $$ Therefore, the equation of the tangent line at the point $(2,1)$ is: $$ y =\frac{11}{12}x-\frac{5}{6} $$
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