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OpenStudy (anonymous):

???

OpenStudy (amistre64):

seems like you want to take a derivative to me

OpenStudy (anonymous):

I think thats what they're asking, so I would derive that equation to get 8x

OpenStudy (amistre64):

almost, y' = 8xx'

OpenStudy (amistre64):

do you know what an implicit is?

OpenStudy (amistre64):

or rather, just take the derivative of both sides with respect to time, not with respect to x

OpenStudy (anonymous):

Implicit differentiation?

OpenStudy (amistre64):

yes \[y = 4x^2+1\] \[\frac{d}{dt}y = \frac{d}{dt}4x^2+\frac{d}{dt}1\] \[\frac{dy}{dt} = \frac{dx}{dt}8x+0\]

OpenStudy (amistre64):

dx/dt has been defined for us as 2

OpenStudy (anonymous):

So now I would plug in my values?

OpenStudy (amistre64):

of course

OpenStudy (anonymous):

So it is increasing at a rate of 16?

OpenStudy (amistre64):

correct

OpenStudy (amistre64):

the key is seeing that x' is not defined as dx/dx in this case, so we take a derivative implicitly with respect to time, and not to x

OpenStudy (anonymous):

Okay ill remember that for next time, thank you so much for your help!!!!!!

OpenStudy (amistre64):

good luck

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