A particle is moving along the curve whose equation is 85=xy31+y2. Assume that the x-coordinate is increasing at the rate of 6 units/sec when the particle is at the point (1,2). At what rate is y-coordinate of the point changing at that instant?

1 Answer
Jun 6, 2018

607units sec^-1

Explanation:

85=xy31+y2 Cross multiply, 5xy3=8[1+y2]........[1]

Differentiating....[1] wrtx using the product rule and the general power rule, implicitly. i.e, d[uv]=vdu+udv [where u and v are both functions of x]

ddx[5xy3]=ddx[8+8y2] therefore, 5y3+5x[3y2]dydx=16ydydx, so , [5y3+15xy2dydx=16ydydx]

Solving for dydx, ... dydx=[5y316y15xy2]

We are told that the rate of change of x wrt t [ time]= 6 units sec1 ,i.e, dxdt=6.

#dx/dt.dy/dx= dy/dt# thus, dydt=6[5y3]16y15xy2

so dydt [rate of change of y wrt t ] = 30y316y15xy2 and at the point[1,2], dydt=[30]2316[2]15[1][22] = -607 unitssec1

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