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Differentiation of Implicit Functions 1

The document explains the concept of implicit differentiation, contrasting it with explicit functions. It outlines a step-by-step guideline for performing implicit differentiation and provides examples for practice, including finding derivatives and evaluating them at specific points. Additionally, it includes exercises for finding explicit functions and second derivatives in terms of x and y.

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Differentiation of Implicit Functions 1

The document explains the concept of implicit differentiation, contrasting it with explicit functions. It outlines a step-by-step guideline for performing implicit differentiation and provides examples for practice, including finding derivatives and evaluating them at specific points. Additionally, it includes exercises for finding explicit functions and second derivatives in terms of x and y.

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5 Implicit Differentiation

An explicit function is a function that explicitly tells you how to find one of the variable values such as
y  f  x  . An implicit function is less direct in that no variable has been isolated and in many cases it
cannot be isolated. An example might be xy  6 or x 2  xy  y 2  4  0 . In the first example, we could
isolate either variable easily. In the second example it is not easy to isolate either variable (possible but
not easy).

Guidelines for Implicit Differentiation –

1. Differentiate both sides of the equation with respect to x.

2. Collect all terms involving dy/dx on the left side of the equation and move all other terms to
the right side of the equation.

3. Factor dy/dx out of the left side of the equation.

4. Solve for dy/dx.

Examples: Find dy/dx by implicit differentiation.

1. x 2  y 2  25
2. x3  y 3  64

3. x 2 y  y 2 x  2

4. cot y  x  y
Examples: Find two explicit functions by solving the equation for y in terms of x.

1. x 2  y 2  64

2. 16 y 2  x 2  16

Examples: Find dy/dx by implicit differentiation and evaluate the derivative at the given point.

1. xy  6,  6, 1

2.  x  y   x3  y 3  1,1
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Examples: Find d 2 y / dx 2 in terms of x and y.

1. x 2 y 2  2 x  3

2. 1  xy  x  y
3. y 2  10 x

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