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Differential calculus

I need to find dy/dx from this equation:  x^5+9y^2=15 . I can first take y to one side and then differentiate it.but i have heard that i can differentiate it in this form too.can you please explain how?

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From: Bumpkinland

Registered: 2009-04-12

Posts: 109,606

Re: Differential calculus

Hi Please help me;

You use something called implicit differentiation. For this problem you will need a simple formula.

Now you do your problem term by term. Doing x^5 then 9y^2 and then15.

Of course the derivative of 15 is 0. So now combine all the terms.

Solve now for dy / dx.

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