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Homework Statement
I have a few problems that are giving me some trouble:
1. Take the derivative of xe-4x
2. Find dy/dx and evaluate the slope for the curve ey^3 - 2x4 + y2 = 3 at (8,0)
3. Find dy/dx and evaluate the slope for the curve e-y - 4 = x2 + 1 at (-2,2)
Homework Equations
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The Attempt at a Solution
1. I'm OK with taking these types of derivatives, but the x out in front is throwing me off. I'm not quite sure what to do with it. For now, I have this as my answer: -4xe-4x
2. I'm not going to type out every step, but I took d/dx of both sides and eventually came up with dy/dx(3yey^3 + 2y) = 8x3
Then I solved for dy/dx to get 8x3 / (3yey^3 + 2y)
The only thing that gives me reason to believe my answer is incorrect is the fact that when I plug in the values for x and y from the coordinate given, I get 4096 / 0, which would mean the slope is undefined. For some reason this doesn't seem right.
3. I took d/dx of both sides and eventually got -e-ydy/dx = 2x
Then I solved for dy/dx to get 2x / (-e-y)
Then I plugged in the coordinate values and got a slope of 29.6. Is this correct? I wasn't sure if it was OK to move the terms as such in the beginning: e-y - x2 = 5