Techniques of Differentiation - Implicit Differentiation

Techniques of Differentiation - Implicit Differentiation

Given that \(3{{x}^{2}}{{y}^{2}}=4{{x}^{2}}-4xy\), find an expression of \(\frac{{\mathrm{d}y}}{\mathrm{d}x}\).

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Answer:For \(x\ne0\), \(\dfrac{\mathrm dy}{\mathrm dx}=\dfrac{2y}{x(3xy+2)}=\dfrac{4x-2y-3xy^2}{3x^2y+2x}\). The curved branch through \((0,0)\) has derivative \(1\); the vertical component \(x=0\) has no finite \(\dfrac{\mathrm dy}{\mathrm dx}\).

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