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OpenStudy (anonymous):

Find dy/dx : please answer it in detail, question will be posted below

OpenStudy (anonymous):

answer in worksheet if possible =)

OpenStudy (anonymous):

Implicit differentiation.

OpenStudy (anonymous):

well not really, but ugly as hell

OpenStudy (anonymous):

\[\ln(y^3)=3\ln(y)\] so you can take the derivative of the right hand side, divide by 3 and then multiply by the original mess to get dy/dx

OpenStudy (anonymous):

anyone can upload work example?

OpenStudy (anonymous):

i don't know how. we can maybe find the derivative of say \[\sin^{-1}(\frac{x-1}{x+1})\] by hand it will be a pile of algebra. do you need all the work or just the solution

OpenStudy (anonymous):

detailed solution =)

OpenStudy (anonymous):

Well, it is cleaner to just find the derivative of both sides. LHS would be something like\[(3y ^{2}/y ^{3})(dy/dx)\]

OpenStudy (anonymous):

left hand side is \[\frac{3}{y}y'\] that is the easy part. that is why i said take the derivative of right hand side, divide by 3 and then multiply by y. oh but you don't know y do you? damn

OpenStudy (anonymous):

so yeah, just multiply by y because your answer will have a y in it

OpenStudy (anonymous):

You don't really have to find y; it would just be part of the complicated (or messy answer).

OpenStudy (anonymous):

i mean given enough time and algebra i guess we can find the derivative of \[\sin^{-1}(\frac{x-1}{x+1})\] but i can't imagine doing such a thing. i would use maple or at least wolfram

OpenStudy (anonymous):

it is \[\frac{1}{\sqrt{1-(\frac{x-1}{x+1})^2}}\times \frac{2}{(x+1)^2}\]\]

OpenStudy (anonymous):

via the chain rule. now maybe we can do some work in the denominator

OpenStudy (anonymous):

hell i'd leave it like that. where did this problem come from? if you want reams of algebra you can figure out why this is the same as \[\frac{2x}{\sqrt{2x^2-x^4}}\] but i cannot do it

OpenStudy (anonymous):

scratch that last one it is wrong!

OpenStudy (anonymous):

wow check this out!

OpenStudy (anonymous):

click on "show steps" and all the gory details are there for you! every last one.

OpenStudy (anonymous):

confused now :s what about the cot? can make it more orderly

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