Thomas' Calculus 13th Edition

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Chapter 3: Derivatives - Section 3.7 - Implicit Differentiation - Exercises 3.7 - Page 155: 10

Answer

$-\frac{y}{x}$

Work Step by Step

$xy= cot (xy)$ Differentiating directly with respect to x, we have $\frac{d}{dx}(xy)= \frac{d}{dx}(cot (xy))$ Using product rule and chain rule, we get $y+xy'= (-cosec^{2}(xy))(y+xy')$ $y+xy'= -xy'cosec^{2}(xy)-ycosec^{2}(xy)$ Adding $xy'cosec^{2}(xy)$ to both sides and substracting $y$ from both sides, we obtain $xy'+ xy'cosec^{2}(xy)= -y-ycosec^{2}(xy)$ Taking out the factors, we have $xy'(1+cosec^{2}(xy))= -y(1+cosec^{2}(xy))$ $⇒xy'= -y$ $⇒\frac{dy}{dx}= \frac{-y}{x}$
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