How do you implicitly differentiate x^4-3/y^2-y=8 x43y2y=8?

1 Answer
Jan 30, 2016

-(4x^3)/(6y^(-3)-1)4x36y31

Explanation:

Here,
x^4-3/(y^2)-y=8x43y2y=8

now lets differentiate the two sides for x

d/(dx)(x^4)-d/(dx)(3y^(-2))-(dy)/(dx)=0ddx(x4)ddx(3y2)dydx=0

or,4x^3+6y^(-3)(dy)/(dx)-(dy)/(dx)=0or,4x3+6y3dydxdydx=0

or,(6y^(-3)-1)(dy)/(dx)=-4x^3or,(6y31)dydx=4x3

or,(dy)/(dx)=-(4x^3)/(6y^(-3)-1)or,dydx=4x36y31