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Calculus: Early Transcendentals

James Stewart

Chapter 3

Differentiation Rules - all with Video Answers

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Section 5

Implicit Differentiation

04:04

Problem 1

(a) Find $ y' $ by implicit differentiation.
(b) Solve the equation explicitly for y and differentiate to get $ y' $ in terms of $ x. $
(c) Check that your solutions to part (a) and (b) are consistent by substituting the expression for $ y $ into your solution for part (a).

$ 9 x^2 - y^2 = 1 $

Mary Wakumoto
Mary Wakumoto
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02:43

Problem 2

(a) Find $ y' $ by implicit differentiation.
(b) Solve the equation explicitly for y and differentiate to get $ y' $ in terms of $ x. $
(c) Check that your solutions to part (a) and (b) are consistent by substituting the expression for $ y $ into your solution for part (a).

$ 2x^2 + x + xy = 1 $

Doruk Isik
Doruk Isik
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02:33

Problem 3

(a) Find $ y' $ by implicit differentiation.
(b) Solve the equation explicitly for y and differentiate to get $ y' $ in terms of $ x. $
(c) Check that your solutions to part (a) and (b) are consistent by substituting the expression for $ y $ into your solution for part (a).

$ \sqrt{x} + \sqrt{y} = 1 $

Doruk Isik
Doruk Isik
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02:22

Problem 4

(a) Find $ y' $ by implicit differentiation.
(b) Solve the equation explicitly for y and differentiate to get $ y' $ in terms of $ x. $
(c) Check that your solutions to part (a) and (b) are consistent by substituting the expression for $ y $ into your solution for part (a).

$ \frac {2}{x} - \frac {1}{y} = 4 $

Doruk Isik
Doruk Isik
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03:22

Problem 5

Find $ dy/dx $ by implicit differentiation.

$ x^2 - 4xy + y^2 = 4 $

Carson Merrill
Carson Merrill
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01:01

Problem 6

Find $ dy/dx $ by implicit differentiation.

$ 2x^2 + xy - y^2 = 2 $

Doruk Isik
Doruk Isik
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00:32

Problem 6

Find $ dy/dx $ by implicit differentiation.

$ 2x^2 + xy - y^2 = 2 $

Frank Lin
Frank Lin
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01:20

Problem 7

Find $ dy/dx $ by implicit differentiation.

$ x^4 + x^2y^2 + y^3 = 5 $

Doruk Isik
Doruk Isik
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01:13

Problem 8

Find $ dy/dx $ by implicit differentiation.
$ x^3 - xy^2 + y^3 = 1 $

Doruk Isik
Doruk Isik
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03:34

Problem 9

Find $ dy/dx $ by implicit differentiation.
$ \frac {x^2}{x + y} = y^2 + 1 $

Carson Merrill
Carson Merrill
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00:51

Problem 10

Find $ dy/dx $ by implicit differentiation.
$ xe^y = x - y $

Doruk Isik
Doruk Isik
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01:38

Problem 11

Find $ dy/dx $ by implicit differentiation.
$ y \cos x = x^2 + y^2 $

Doruk Isik
Doruk Isik
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03:29

Problem 12

Find $ dy/dx $ by implicit differentiation.
$ \cos (xy) = 1 + \sin y $

Carson Merrill
Carson Merrill
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02:31

Problem 13

Find $ dy/dx $ by implicit differentiation.
$ \sqrt {x + y} = x^4 + y^4 $

Doruk Isik
Doruk Isik
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02:55

Problem 14

Find $ dy/dx $ by implicit differentiation.
$ e^y \sin x = x + xy $

Madi Sousa
Madi Sousa
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02:28

Problem 15

Find $ dy/dx $ by implicit differentiation.
$ e^{x/y} = x - y $

Doruk Isik
Doruk Isik
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02:11

Problem 16

Find $ dy/dx $ by implicit differentiation.
$ xy = \sqrt {x^2 + y^2} $

Doruk Isik
Doruk Isik
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05:00

Problem 17

Find $ dy/dx $ by implicit differentiation.
$ \tan^{-1} (x^2y) = x + xy^2 $

Carson Merrill
Carson Merrill
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01:15

Problem 18

Find $ dy/dx $ by implicit differentiation.
$ x \sin y + y \sin x = 1 $

Doruk Isik
Doruk Isik
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03:51

Problem 19

Find $ dy/dx $ by implicit differentiation.
$ \sin (xy) = \cos (x+y) $

Carson Merrill
Carson Merrill
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02:53

Problem 20

Find $ dy/dx $ by implicit differentiation.
$ tan (x - y) = \frac {y}{1 + x^2} $

Doruk Isik
Doruk Isik
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01:29

Problem 21

If $ f(x) + x^2[f(x)]^3 = 10 $ and $ f(1) = 2, $ find $ f'(1). $

Frank Lin
Frank Lin
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01:40

Problem 21

If $ f(x) + x^2[f(x)]^3 = 10 $ and $ f(1) = 2, $ find $ f'(1). $

Doruk Isik
Doruk Isik
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01:34

Problem 22

If $ g(x) + x \sin g(x) = x^2, $ find $ g'(0). $

Doruk Isik
Doruk Isik
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01:52

Problem 23

Regard $ y $ as the independent variable and $ x $ as the dependent variable and use implicit differentiation to find $ dx/dy. $
$ x^4y^2 - x^3y +2xy^3 = 0 $

Doruk Isik
Doruk Isik
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01:30

Problem 24

Regard $ y $ as the independent variable and $ x $ as the dependent variable and use implicit differentiation to find $ dx/dy. $
$ y \sec x = x \tan y $

Doruk Isik
Doruk Isik
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02:05

Problem 25

Use implicit differentiation to find an equation of the tangent line to the curve at the given point.
$ y \sin 2x = x \cos 2y, (\pi /2, \pi /4) $

Doruk Isik
Doruk Isik
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01:50

Problem 26

Use implicit differentiation to find an equation of the tangent line to the curve at the given point.
$ \sin (x + y) = 2x - 2y, (\pi, \pi) $

Doruk Isik
Doruk Isik
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01:23

Problem 27

Use implicit differentiation to find an equation of the tangent line to the curve at the given point.
$ x^2 - xy - y^2 = 1, (2, 1) $ (hyperbola)

Doruk Isik
Doruk Isik
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01:28

Problem 28

Use implicit differentiation to find an equation of the tangent line to the curve at the given point.
$ x^2 + 2xy + 4y^2 = 12, (2, 1) $ (ellipse)

Doruk Isik
Doruk Isik
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01:37

Problem 29

Use implicit differentiation to find an equation of the tangent line to the curve at the given point.
$ x^2 + y^2 = (2x^2 + 2y^2 - x)^2, (0, \frac {1}{2}), $ (cardiod)

Doruk Isik
Doruk Isik
Numerade Educator
02:03

Problem 30

Use implicit differentiation to find an equation of the tangent line to the curve at the given point.
$ x^{\frac {2}{3}} + y^{\frac {2}{3}} = (-3 \sqrt{3}, 1), $ (astroid)

Doruk Isik
Doruk Isik
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01:46

Problem 31

Use implicit differentiation to find an equation of the tangent line to the curve at the given point.
$ 2(x^2 + y^2)^2 = 25(x^2 - y^2), (3, 1), $ (lemniscate)

Doruk Isik
Doruk Isik
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01:38

Problem 32

Use implicit differentiation to find an equation of the tangent line to the curve at the given point.
$ y^2 (y^2 - 4) = x^2 (x^2 - 5), (0, -2), $ (devil's curve).

Doruk Isik
Doruk Isik
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01:51

Problem 33

(a) The curve with equation $ y^2 = 5x^4 - x^2 $ is called a kampyle of Eudoxus. Find an equation of the tangent line to this curve at the point (1, 2).
(b) Illustrate part (a) by graphing the curve and the tangent line on a common screen. (If your graphing device will graph implicitly defined curves, then use that capability. If not. you can still graph this curve by graphing its upper and lower halves separately.)

Doruk Isik
Doruk Isik
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01:15

Problem 34

(a) The curve with equation $ y^2 = x^3 + 3x^2 $ is called the Tschirnhausen cubic. Find an equation of the tangent line to this curve at the point (1, -2).
(b) At what points does this curve have horizontal tangents?
(c) Illustrate parts (a) and (b) by graphing the curve and the tangent lines on a common screen.

Carson Merrill
Carson Merrill
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01:36

Problem 35

Find $ y" $ by implicit differentiation.
$ x^2 + 4y^2 = 4 $

Doruk Isik
Doruk Isik
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03:19

Problem 36

Find $ y" $ by implicit differentiation.
$ x^2 + xy + y^2 = 3 $

Doruk Isik
Doruk Isik
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03:21

Problem 37

Find $ y" $ by implicit differentiation.
$ \sin y + \cos x = 1 $

Carson Merrill
Carson Merrill
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02:03

Problem 38

Find $ y" $ by implicit differentiation.
$ x^3 - y^3 = 7 $

Doruk Isik
Doruk Isik
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02:08

Problem 39

If $ xy + e^y = e, $ find the value of $ y" $ at the point where $ x = 0. $

Doruk Isik
Doruk Isik
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01:24

Problem 40

If $ x^2 + xy + y^3 = 1, $ find the value of $ y" $ at the point where $ x = 1. $

Carson Merrill
Carson Merrill
Numerade Educator
02:40

Problem 41

Fanciful shapes can be created by using the implicit plotting capabilities of computer algebra systems,
(a) Graph the curve with equation
$ y(y^2 - 1)( y -2) = x(x -1)(x -2) $
At how many points does this curve have horizontal tangents? Estimate the $ x- $ coordinates of these points.
(b) Find equations of the tangent lines at the points (0, 1) and (0, 2).
(c) Find the exact r-coordinates of the points in part (a).
(d) Create even more fanciful curves by modifying the equation in part (a).

Frank Lin
Frank Lin
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01:24

Problem 42

(a) The curve with equation
$ 2y^3 + y^2 - y^5 = x^4 - 2x^3 + x^2 $
has been likened to a bouncing wagon. Use a computer algebra system to graph this curve and discover why.
(b) At how many points does this curve have horizontal tangent lines? Find the $ x- $ coordinates of these points.

Doruk Isik
Doruk Isik
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02:18

Problem 43

Find the points on the lemniscate in Exercise 31 where the tangent is horizontal.

Doruk Isik
Doruk Isik
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02:46

Problem 44

Show by implicit differentiation that the ellipse
$ \frac {x^2}{a^2} + \frac {y^2}{b^2} = 1 $
at the point $ ( x_o, y_o) $ is
$ \frac {x_o x}{a^2} + \frac {y_o y}{b^2} = 1 $

Doruk Isik
Doruk Isik
Numerade Educator
03:19

Problem 45

Find an equation of the tangent line to the hyperbola
$ \frac {x^2}{a^2} - \frac {y^2}{b^2} = 1 $
at the point $ (x_o, y_o). $

Doruk Isik
Doruk Isik
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02:37

Problem 46

Show that the sum of the $ x- $ and $ y- $ intercepts of any tangent line to the curve $ \sqrt x + \sqrt y = \sqrt c $ is equal to $ c. $

Doruk Isik
Doruk Isik
Numerade Educator
02:28

Problem 47

Show, using implicit differentiation, that any tangent line at a point $ P $ to a circle $ O $ is perpendicular to the radius $ OP. $

Doruk Isik
Doruk Isik
Numerade Educator
01:55

Problem 48

The Power Rule can be proved using implicit differentiation for the case where $ n $ in a rational number, $ n = p/q, $ and $ y = f(x) = x" $ is assumed beforehand to be a differentiable.
function. If $ y = x^{p/q}, $ then $ y^q = x^p. $ Use implicit differentiation to show that
$ y' = \frac {p}{q} x^{(p/q)-1} $

Doruk Isik
Doruk Isik
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00:27

Problem 49

Find the derivative of the function. Simplify where possible.
$ y = (tan^{-1} x)^2 $

Doruk Isik
Doruk Isik
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01:42

Problem 50

Find the derivative of the function. Simplify where possible.
$ y = \tan^{-1} (x^2) $

Carson Merrill
Carson Merrill
Numerade Educator
02:12

Problem 51

Find the derivative of the function. Simplify where possible.
$ y = \sin^1 (2x + 1) $

Madi Sousa
Madi Sousa
Numerade Educator
01:43

Problem 52

Find the derivative of the function. Simplify where possible.
$ g(x) = \arccos \sqrt x $

Carson Merrill
Carson Merrill
Numerade Educator
01:16

Problem 53

Find the derivative of the function. Simplify where possible.
$ F(x) = x \sec^{-1} (x^3) $

Doruk Isik
Doruk Isik
Numerade Educator
02:12

Problem 54

Find the derivative of the function. Simplify where possible.
$ y = \tan{-1} (x - \sqrt {1 + x^2}) $

Doruk Isik
Doruk Isik
Numerade Educator
01:10

Problem 55

Find the derivative of the function. Simplify where possible.
$ h(t) = \cot^{-1} (t) + \cot{-1} (1/t) $

Doruk Isik
Doruk Isik
Numerade Educator
01:22

Problem 56

Find the derivative of the function. Simplify where possible.
$ R(t) = \arcsin (1/t) $

Doruk Isik
Doruk Isik
Numerade Educator
02:14

Problem 57

Find the derivative of the function. Simplify where possible.
$ y = x \sin^{-1} x + \sqrt{1 -x^2} $

Madi Sousa
Madi Sousa
Numerade Educator
02:18

Problem 58

Find the derivative of the function. Simplify where possible.
$ y = \cos^{-1} (\sin^{-1} t) $

Carson Merrill
Carson Merrill
Numerade Educator
04:44

Problem 59

Find the derivative of the function. Simplify where possible.
$ y = \arccos ( \frac {b + a \cos x}{a + b \cos x}), 0 \le x \le \pi, a > b > 0 $

Doruk Isik
Doruk Isik
Numerade Educator
03:01

Problem 60

Find the derivative of the function. Simplify where possible.
$ y = \arctan \sqrt {\frac {1 - x}{1 + x}} $

Doruk Isik
Doruk Isik
Numerade Educator
01:31

Problem 61

Find $ f'(x). $ Check that your answer is reasonable by comparing the graphs of $ f $ and $ f'. $
$ f(x) = \sqrt {1 - x^2} \arcsin x $

Doruk Isik
Doruk Isik
Numerade Educator
01:25

Problem 62

Find $ f'(x). $ Check that your answer is reasonable by comparing the graphs of $ f $ and $ f'. $
$ f(x) = \arctan (x^2 - x) $

Doruk Isik
Doruk Isik
Numerade Educator
02:24

Problem 63

Prove the formula for $ (d/dx) (\cos^{-1} x) $ by the same method as for $ (d/dx) (\sin^{-1} x). $

Madi Sousa
Madi Sousa
Numerade Educator
01:18

Problem 64

(a) One way of defining $ \sec^{-1} x $ is to say that $ y= \sec^{-1} x \Leftrightarrow \sec y = x $ and $ 0 \le y < \pi/2 $ or $ \pi \le y < 3\pi/2. $ Show that, with this definition,
$ \frac {d}{dx} (\sec^{-1} x) = \frac {1}{x \sqrt {x^2 - 1}} $
(b) Another way of defining $ \sec^{-1} x \Leftrightarrow \sec y = x $ and $ 0 \le y \le \pi, y \not= \pi/2. $ Show that, with this definition,
$ \frac {d}{dx} (\sec{-1} x) = \frac {1}{\mid x \mid \sqrt {x^2 -1}} $

Frank Lin
Frank Lin
Numerade Educator
04:18

Problem 65

Two curves are orthogonal if their tangent lines are perpendicular at each point of intersection. Show that the given families of curves are orthogonal trajectories of each other; that is, every curve in one family is orthogonal to every curve in the other family. Sketch both families of curves on the same axes.
$ x^2 + y^2 = r^2, ax + by = 0 $

Chris Trentman
Chris Trentman
Numerade Educator
00:38

Problem 66

Two curves are orthogonal if their tangent lines are perpendicular at each point of intersection. Show that the given families of curves are orthogonal trajectories of each other; that is, every curve in one family is orthogonal to every curve in the other family. Sketch both families of curves on the same axes.
$ x^2 + y^2 = ax, x^2 + y^2 = by $

Frank Lin
Frank Lin
Numerade Educator
09:09

Problem 67

Two curves are orthogonal if their tangent lines are perpendicular at each point of intersection. Show that the given families of curves are orthogonal trajectories of each other; that is, every curve in one family is orthogonal to every curve in the other family. Sketch both families of curves on the same axes.
$ y = cx^2, x^2 + 2y^2 = k $

Chris Trentman
Chris Trentman
Numerade Educator
07:21

Problem 68

Two curves are orthogonal if their tangent lines are perpendicular at each point of intersection. Show that the given families of curves are orthogonal trajectories of each other; that is, every curve in one family is orthogonal to every curve in the other family. Sketch both families of curves on the same axes.
$ y = ax^3, x^2 + 3y^2 = b $

Chris Trentman
Chris Trentman
Numerade Educator
06:46

Problem 69

Show that the ellipse $ x^2/a^2 + y^2/b^2 = 1 $ and the hyperbola $ x^2/A^2 - y^2/B^2 = 1 $ are orthogonal trajectories if $ A^2 < a^2 $ and $ a^2 - b^2 = A^2 + B^2 $ (so the ellipse and hyperbola have the same foci)

Suman Saurav Thakur
Suman Saurav Thakur
Numerade Educator
02:08

Problem 70

Find the value of the number $ a $ such that the families of curves $ y = (x +c)^{-1} $ and $ y = a(x + k)^{1/3} $ are orthogonal trajectories.

Doruk Isik
Doruk Isik
Numerade Educator
02:53

Problem 71

(a) The van van der Waals equation for $ n $ moles of a gas is
$ (P + \frac {n^2 a}{V^2})(V - nb) = nRT $
where $ P $ is the pressure, $ V $ is the volume, and $ T $ is the temperature of the gas. The constant $ R $ is the universal gas constant and $ a $ and $ b $ are positive constants that are characteristic of a particular gas. If $ T $ remains constant, use implicit differentiation to rind $ dV/dP. $
(b) Find the rate of change of volume with respect to pressure of 1 mole of carbon dioxide at a volume of $ V = 10L $ and a pressure of $ P = 2.5 $ atm. Use $ a = 3.592 L^2 -atm/mole^2 $ and $ b = 0.04267 L/mole, $

Doruk Isik
Doruk Isik
Numerade Educator
02:03

Problem 72

(a) Use implicit differentiation to find $ y' $ if
$ x^2 + xy + y^2 + 1 = 0 $
(b) Plot the curve in part (a). What do you see? Prove that what you see is correct.
(c) In view of part (b), what can you say about the expression for $ y' $ that you found in part (a)?

Doruk Isik
Doruk Isik
Numerade Educator
02:11

Problem 73

The equation $ x^2 - xy + y^2 = 3 $ represents a "rotated ellipse," that is, an ellipse whose axes are not parallel to the coordinates axes. Find the points at which this ellipse crosses the $ a-axis $ and show that the tangent lines at these points are parallel.

Doruk Isik
Doruk Isik
Numerade Educator
02:58

Problem 74

(a) Where does the normal line to the ellipse $ x^2 - xy + y^2 = 3 $ at the point (-1, 1) intersect the ellipse a second time?
(b) Illustrate part (a) by graphing the ellipse and the normal line.

Doruk Isik
Doruk Isik
Numerade Educator
01:54

Problem 75

Find all points on the curve $ x^2 y^2 + xy = 2 $ where the slope of the tangent line is -1.

Doruk Isik
Doruk Isik
Numerade Educator
11:31

Problem 76

Find equations of both the tangent lines to the ellipse $ x^2 + 4y^2 = 36 $ that pass through the point (12, 3).

CM
Chris Mcmanus
Numerade Educator
01:30

Problem 77

(a) Suppose $ f $ is a one-to-one differentiable function and its inverse function $ f^{-1} $ is also differentiable. Use implicit differentiation to show that
$ (f^{-1})'(x) = \frac {1}{f'(f^{-1}(x))} $
provided that the denominator is not 0.
(b) If $ f(4) = 5 $ and $ f'(4) = \frac {2}{3}, $ find $ (f^{-1})'(5). $

Doruk Isik
Doruk Isik
Numerade Educator
02:38

Problem 78

(a) Show that $ f(x) = x + r^x $ is one-to-one.
(b) What is the value of $ f^{-1}(1)? $
(c) Use the formula from Exercise 77(a) to find $ (f^{-1})'(1). $

Doruk Isik
Doruk Isik
Numerade Educator
01:39

Problem 79

The Bessel function of order 0, $ y = J (x), $ satisfies the differential equation $ xy" + y' + xy = 0 $ for all values of $ x $ and its value at 0 is $ J(0) = 1. $
(a) Find $ J'(0). $
(b) Use implicit differentiation to find $ J'(0). $

Doruk Isik
Doruk Isik
Numerade Educator
03:52

Problem 80

The figure shows a lamp located three units to the right of the y-axis and a shadow created by the elliptical region $ x^2 + 4y^2 \le 5. $ If the point (-5, 0) is on the edge of the shadow, how far above far above the x-axis is the lamp located?

Doruk Isik
Doruk Isik
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