How to differentiate e^(xy)+1/y=5x+6?

1 Answer
Mar 25, 2018

dy/dx=(5-ye^(xy))/(xe^(xy)-1/y^2)

Explanation:

e^(xy)+y^-1=5x+6

Using implicit differentiation:

e^(xy)*d/dx(xy) -y^-2*d/dx(y)=5

e^(xy)(y+xdy/dx)-y^-2dy/dx=5

ye^(xy)+xe^(xy)dy/dx-y^-2dy/dx=5

dy/dx(xe^(xy)-y^-2)=5-ye^(xy)

dy/dx=(5-ye^(xy))/(xe^(xy)-1/y^2)