Clarine Joice Robledo BSED MATH 3A

Implicit Differentiation

What do I need At the end of the lesson, the learners will be able to:
to learn? 1. Define Implicit Differentiation
2. differentiate implicitly

What to remember?
Implicit Differentiation
In implicit differentiation, we differentiate each side of an equation with two
variables (usually x and y) by treating one of the variables as a function of the
other. The process of finding the derivative of a dependent variable in an implicit
function by differentiating each term separately, by expressing the derivative of
the dependent variable as a symbol, and by solving the resulting expression for
the symbol.
dy if
1.Find y2 = x. y = - √𝑥
dX y= √x
y =x
2 1 1
y 1 = x2 𝑦1 = −
2y y1 = x y1 1 2√𝑥
1 1 x−2
y1 = 1
2𝑦 = =
2 2(−√𝑥)
1 1
= =
2√x 2𝑦
1
=
2y
2. Find 𝑑𝑦
if 𝑦 = 4𝑥 +9
2 2
𝑑𝑦
𝑑𝑥 3. if 3xy +4𝑦 2=4
𝑑𝑥
Find
𝑑𝑦
2 𝑑𝑦
3xy +4𝑦2=4
𝑑𝑥 𝑦 =
𝑑𝑥
(4𝑥2+9) 3xy1 + 3y + 8yy1 = 0
2y𝑑𝑦 =8x 3xy1 + 8yy1 = -3y
𝑑𝑥
−3𝑦
𝑑𝑦 4𝑥 y1 = 3𝑥+8𝑦
𝑑𝑥= 𝑦

4. Find 𝑦1 if 𝑥2 + 4xy+4𝑦2=0 (4x)Y1 +y(4) product rule

4xy1 +4y
2x+ 4x𝑦1 + 4y + 8y𝑦1 =0 =−

4x𝑦1+8y𝑦1= -2x-4y (4)(2y)Y1 + y(0)(x

8yy1
(4x+8y)𝑦1=-(2x+4y)
(2x + 4y)
𝑦1 = −

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Find the slope of the curve x2 + xy + y2 = 7 at the point A(1,2).

x2 + xy + y2 =7
2x +xy1 + y + 2yy1 = 0 xy1 +
2yy1 = - (2x + y) (x + 2y) y1
= - (2x + y)
− (2x + y)

You might think that the step in which we solve

for dydxdydx could sometimes be difficult. In fact, this
never happens. All occurrences dydxdydx arise from
applying the chain rule, and whenever the chain rule is
used it deposits a single dydxdydx multiplied by some
other expression. Hence our expression is linear
in dydxdydx, it will always be possible to group the terms
containing dydxdydx together and factor out the dydxdydx,
just as in the previous examples.
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