How do you find dy/dx in terms of x and y if (x^3)y-x-2y-6=0?

2 Answers
Feb 21, 2018

(3x^(2)y+x^(3)y')-1-2y'=0

Explanation:

For this, you use implicit differentiation (basically regular differentiation, but with y as well as x). It works the same way as regular differentiation, except every time you have to take the derivative of y, you have to put a y' after it.For the first term, you have to use the product rule, which is:

(f'(x)×g(x))+(f(x)×g'(x))

Here f(x)=x^3 and g(x)=y. So you take the derivative of x^3 and multiply by y, then then switch, so you get the first term (surrounded by parentheses in the answer).

The rest is pretty simple, the derivative of x is 1, the derivative of -2y is -2y' and 6 and 0 are both 0. You put all together, and you get:

(3x^(2)y+x^(3)y')-1-2y'=0

Which is the answer : )

Feb 21, 2018

(3x^(2)y+x^(3)y')-1-2y'=0

Explanation:

For this, you use implicit differentiation (basically regular differentiation, but with y as well as x). It works the same way as regular differentiation, except every time you have to take the derivative of y, you have to put a y' after it.For the first term, you have to use the product rule, which is:

(f'(x)×g(x))+(f(x)×g'(x))

Here f(x)=x^3 and g(x)=y. So you take the derivative of x^3 and multiply by y, then then switch, so you get the first term (surrounded by parentheses in the answer).

The rest is pretty simple, the derivative of x is 1, the derivative of -2y is -2y' and 6 and 0 are both 0. You put all together, and you get:

(3x^(2)y+x^(3)y')-1-2y'=0

Which is the answer : )