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2.5 Introduction: Practice / Preview: Find dy/dx.

dy
1. y=cos2x /dx=2sin2x

dy
2. y=cos32x /dx=6cos22x. sin2x

3. x y=1 dy 1

/dx= x2

4. cos(xy)=1 ?!!

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2.5 Implicit Differentiation
terminology:
y=f(x),(ie.y=x3)expressesyexplicitlyintermsofx.

Equationssuchasx2+y2=1,xy=1,4y3+x27y=8,
expressesyasoneormoreimplicitfunctionsofx.

dy
findingfromsuchanequationisa
dx
methodcalledimplicitdifferentiation

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Illustrate dy
procedure! x y=1Find
dx.

explicitly implicitly

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Guidelines for Implicit Differentiation
1. Differentiatebothsidesoftheequation
withrespecttox.

2. dy
Collectalltermsinvolvingononeside
dx
oftheequation.

3. dy
Factor.
dx

4. dy
Solveforbydividing.
dx

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dy
Examples: Find
dx.

1. x y3+x yx2=4

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work
space! 2.
x y=x2y

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work

space! 3. cos (x y)=y

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p142 #20 9 y2x2=9

a. Findtwoexplicitfunctionsbysolvingtheequationforyintermsofx.
b.
Sketchandlabel.
c. Differentiateexplicitly.
dy
d. Findimplicitlyandshowthat=.
dx c. d.

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b.
Sketchandlabel. work
space!

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c. Differentiateexplicitly. work

space!
dy
d. Findimplicitlyandshowthat=.
dx c. d.

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Assignment

p142 #1-15 odd, 21-31 odd

after doing Example (p142 #20),


assign #17 & #19

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