Implicit differentiation and related rates
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(1) Differentiate the following with respect to 𝑥. You don’t need to rearrange your
answers.
(a) 𝑦 ! = 2𝑥 (b) 𝑦 + ln 𝑦 = 0 (c) 𝑦 = 𝑦! + 1 !
(d) 𝑥 + 𝑒! = 5 (e) cos 𝑥 + sin 𝑦 = 𝑥 (f) 𝑥! + 𝑦! = 1
(2) Differentiate the following with respect to 𝑥. Write your answer in the form
!"
!"
= 𝑓(𝑥, 𝑦).
(a) 3𝑥 ! + 2𝑦 ! + 4𝑥𝑦 = 1
(b) 𝑥𝑒 !! = 𝑥
(3) The Folium of Descartes was proposed by Descartes as a challenge to Fermat to find
the gradient at a point. With the invention of calculus this becomes much easier.
The equation is given below, where a is a constant.
𝑥 ! + 𝑦 ! = 3𝑎𝑥𝑦
!"
(a) Find the gradient of the curve. Write your answer in the form !" = 𝑓(𝑥, 𝑦).
(b) When 𝑎 = 1 show that the gradient is 0 when 𝑥 = ± 𝑦.
!
(ii) For the case when 𝑥 = 𝑦 show that there is a stationary point when 𝑥 = 4.
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(4) For the graph:
𝑥 ! 𝑦 ! = sin (𝜋𝑦)
(a) Differentiate with respect to 𝑥. Write your answer in the form:
!"
!"
= 𝑓(𝑥, 𝑦).
(b) Find all coordinates when the gradient is 0.
(5) Variables 𝑥 and 𝑦 are connected by the equation:
𝑦 = (3𝑥 + 4)!
Given that 𝑥 is increasing at a rate of 5m/s, find the rate of increase of 𝑦 when 𝑥 = 2.
(6) The surface area of a spherical balloon is increasing at a rate of 20cm2/s. When the
radius is 5 cm find the rate of increase in the radius.
(7) A 20 metre long ladder leans against a wall. It begins to slip down the wall at a rate of
0.2 m/s.
Find the rate of change of the angle ABC when the top of the ladder is 5m above C.
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