Question
Question: How do you determine \[\dfrac{{dy}}{{dx}}\] given \[{x^{\dfrac{2}{3}}} + {y^{\dfrac{2}{3}}} = {a^{\d...
How do you determine dxdy given x32+y32=a32 ?
Solution
Hint : The derivative is the rate of change of the quantity at some point. Now here in this question we consider the given function and we differentiate the given function with respect to x. by the standard differentiation formulas we differentiate. Hence, we can find the derivative of the function.
FORMULA USED:
dxd(xn)=n.xn−1dxd(x)
Complete step-by-step answer :
Here in this question, we can find the derivative by two methods.
Method 1: In this method consider the given function
x32+y32=a32
Apply the differentiation to the function
⇒dxdx32+dxdy32=dxda32
We know that dxd(xn)=n.xn−1dxd(x) and the differentiation of a constant function is zero and applying this differentiation formula we have
⇒32x32−1dxdx+32y32−1dxdy=0
On simplifying we have
⇒32x32−3+32y32−3dxdy=0
On further simplification we have
⇒32x3−1+32y3−1dxdy=0
Take 32x3−1 to the RHS of the equation and it is written as
⇒32y3−1dxdy=−32x3−1
Cancel 32 on the both side of the equation we have
⇒y3−1dxdy=−x3−1
Take y3−1 to RHS of the equation and it is written as
⇒dxdy=−y3−1x3−1
This is rewritten as
⇒dxdy=−y311x311
Taking reciprocal we have
⇒dxdy=−x31y31
Therefore dxdy=−x31y31
Method 2: In this method consider the given equation
x32+y32=a32
This is rewritten as
⇒y32=a32−x32
Applying the differentiation we have
⇒dxdy32=dxda32−dxdx32
We know that dxd(xn)=n.xn−1dxd(x) and the differentiation of a constant function is zero and applying this differentiation formula we have
⇒32y32−1dxdy=−32x32−1dxdx
On simplifying we have
⇒32y32−3dxdy=−32x32−3
On further simplification we have
⇒32y3−1dxdy=−32x3−1
Cancel 32 on the both side of the equation we have
⇒y3−1dxdy=−x3−1
Take y3−1 to RHS of the equation and it is written as
⇒dxdy=−y3−1x3−1
This is rewritten as
⇒dxdy=−y311x311
Taking reciprocal we have
⇒dxdy=−x31y31
Therefore dxdy=−x31y31
Therefore, the derivative of x32+y32=a32 is
−x31y31
Hence by the two methods we got the answer the same.
So, the correct answer is “ −x31y31 ”.
Note : To differentiate or to find the derivative of a function we use some standard differentiation formulas. The derivative is the rate of change of quantity, in this question we differentiate the given function with respect to x and find the derivative. For differentiation we must know the standard differentiation formulas