Find a Solution for $y=\sqrt{7x+\sqrt{7x+\sqrt{7x}}}$

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find y'
$$y=\sqrt{7x+\sqrt{7x+\sqrt{7x}}}$$

ok this was on mml but they gave an very long process to solve it

don't see any way to expand it except recycle it via chain rule

any suggest...
 
I think I might square and arrange as:

$$y^2-7x=\sqrt{7x+\sqrt{7x}}$$

At this point you could implicitly differentiate w.r.t \(x\) and solve for $$\d{y}{x}$$, or you could square again:

$$y^4-14xy^2+49x^2=7x+\sqrt{7x}$$

Now, implicitly differentiate w.r.t \(x\) and solve for $$\d{y}{x}$$. :)
 
well that makes a lot more sense than redoing a chain
 
karush said:
find y'
$$y=\sqrt{7x+\sqrt{7x+\sqrt{7x}}}$$

ok this was on mml but they gave an very long process to solve it

don't see any way to expand it except recycle it via chain rule

any suggest...
Let $u= \sqrt{7x+ \sqrt{7x}}$ so that $y= \sqrt{7x+ u}= (7x+ u)^{1/2}$. Then $\frac{dy}{dx}= \frac{1}{2}(7x+ u)^{-1/2}\left(7+ \frac{du}{dx}\right)$. To find $\frac{du}{dx}$ let $v= \sqrt{7x}$. Then $u= (7x+ v)^{1/2}$. $\frac{du}{dx}= \frac{1}{2}(7x+ v)^{-1/2}\left(7+ \frac{dv}{dx}\right)$.

$\frac{dv}{dx}= \frac{1}{2}(7x)^{-1/2}(7)$.
 
MarkFL said:
I think I might square and arrange as:

$$y^2-7x=\sqrt{7x+\sqrt{7x}}$$

At this point you could implicitly differentiate w.r.t \(x\) and solve for $$\d{y}{x}$$, or you could square again:

$$y^4-14xy^2+49x^2=7x+\sqrt{7x}$$

Now, implicitly differentiate w.r.t \(x\) and solve for $$\d{y}{x}$$. :)

ok I am going to do this a step at a time since I get hung up on implicit differentation

$$\displaystyle 98x-14y^2=7+\frac{\sqrt{7}}{2\sqrt{x}}$$
 
karush said:
ok I am going to do this a step at a time since I get hung up on implicit differentation

$$\displaystyle 98x-14y^2=7+\frac{\sqrt{7}}{2\sqrt{x}}$$

You can't treat \(y\) as a constant, because it is a function of \(x\). You need to use the chain rule. :)
 
thusly?
$\displaystyle 4y^3y'-14y^2+28xyy'+98x=7+\frac{\sqrt{7}}{2\sqrt{x}}$
 
karush said:
thusly?
$\displaystyle 4y^3y'-14y^2+28xyy'+98x=7+\frac{\sqrt{7}}{2\sqrt{x}}$

Check your signs on the LHS. :)
 
MarkFL said:
Check your signs on the LHS. :)

i suppose this$\displaystyle 4y^3y'-14y^2-28xyy'+98x=7+\frac{\sqrt{7}}{2\sqrt{x}}$if so then isolate y'
 
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$$\begin{align*}\displaystyle
4y^3y'-14y^2-28xyy'+98x&=7+\frac{\sqrt{7}}{2\sqrt{x}}\tag{implied eq}\\
y'(4y^3y-28xy)&=7+\frac{\sqrt{7}}{2\sqrt{x}}+14y^2-98x\tag{separate variables}\\
y'&=\frac{7+\frac{\sqrt{7}}{2\sqrt{x}}+14y^2-98x}{4y^3y-28xy}\tag{divide both sides}
\end{align*}$$

Ok, if this is correct so far the final would just be simplification which is still a complicated answer.