Implicit Derivation: Show That y' Satisfies Equation x sin(xy)+2x²=0

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The equation x sin(xy) + 2x² implicitly defines y as a function of x, and the goal is to show that the derivative y' satisfies the equation y'x² cos(xy) + xy cos(xy) + sin(xy) + 4x = 0. The initial derivative attempt was incorrect because it treated y as a constant instead of a function of x. Proper implicit differentiation requires applying the chain rule, which accounts for y's dependency on x. The correct approach involves differentiating sin(xy) using the product rule and chain rule to find the accurate expression for y'. Understanding these differentiation techniques is crucial for solving the problem.
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the equation x sin (xy) +2x² defines y implicitly as a function of x. assuming the derivative y' exists, show that it satisfies the equation y'x² cos (xy) +xy cos(xy)+sin (xy)+4x = 0.

Help needed please.

I found the derivative of the first equation is:

sin xy + xy cos xy +4x. It's close to the answer, but not it.
 
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\frac{d}{dx} (x \sin xy + 2x^2) = \sin xy + x \frac{d}{dx} \sin xy + 4x
= \sin xy + x (\cos xy \times \frac{d}{dx} xy) + 4x
= \sin xy + x (\cos xy \times (x \frac{dy}{dx} + y)) + 4x
= \sin xy + x \cos xy (xy' + y) + 4x
= \sin xy + xy \cos xy + y'x^2 \cos xy + 4x
 
superdave said:
the equation x sin (xy) +2x² defines y implicitly as a function of x. assuming the derivative y' exists, show that it satisfies the equation y'x² cos (xy) +xy cos(xy)+sin (xy)+4x = 0.

Help needed please.

I found the derivative of the first equation is:

sin xy + xy cos xy +4x. It's close to the answer, but not it.

In the first place x sin(xy)+ 2x2 is not even an equation so it does not define y implicitely. I assume what you give was actually equal to some constant. In the second place, you did not find "the derivative of the first equation" because an equation does not have a derivative! What you did was differentiate the left hand side of your equation, treating y as if it were a constant. You cannot do that because y is not a constant, it is itself a function of x. You titled this "implicit differentiation" so you must have some idea what that is: use the chain rule. For example, the derivative of y2 with respect to x is the derivative of y2 with respect to y times the derivative of y with respect to x:
\frac{dy^2}{dx}= \frac{dy^2}{dy}\frac{dy}{dx}= 2y\frac{dy}{dx}
or just 2y y'. What is the derivative of sin(xy) with respect to x, remembering that y is an unknown function of y?
 
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