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dbrag
Dec17-03, 12:10 AM
Any ideas for solving this, im having trouble using implicit differentiation along with using log differentiation, thanx!:

x^3 + x tan^-1 y = e^y

himanshu121
Dec17-03, 12:58 AM
Differentiate w.r.t x

\frac{df(y)}{dx}=\frac{df(y)}{dy}\frac{dy}{dx}

HallsofIvy
Dec17-03, 06:46 AM
In other words, the derivative of y with respect to x is:


3x2+ tan-1y+ xy'/(1+ y2)= eyy'. Now solve for y'.

I see no reason to use "logarithmic differentiation".