How do you implicitly differentiate y-(3y-x)^2-1/y^2=x^3 + y^3- xyy(3yx)21y2=x3+y3xy?

1 Answer
Apr 1, 2016

By differentiating xx and yy like your usual differetiation practices.

Explanation:

y-(3y-x)^2-1/y^2=x^3+y^3-xyy(3yx)21y2=x3+y3xy

I will let (dy)/(dx)=y'

Now begin the implicit differentiation

y'-2(3y-x)(3y'-1)-(-2)1/y^3y'=3x^2+3y^2y'-(y+xy')

I moved all the terms to one side and factored out y'

y'[7-18y+2/y^2-3y^2+x]+7y-2x-3x^2=0

Trick is; after differentiating any form of y, add y'

Example: d/dxy^2=2yy'

Hope this helps. Cheers