Second Derivative in Terms of Y

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Homework Statement


Find the second derivative of 4x^2 + 3x - 9y^2. Answer in terms of y.


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All derivative formulas.

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I can't get much further than this; the thing that gets me is how to put everything in terms of y. Help? Thanks!
 
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You can't. The problem you give makes no sense. If you have an equation like [itex]4x^2+ 3x- 9y^2= 0[/itex] then y is defined as an "implicit" function of x and you can find the first and second derivatives of y with respect to x.

Or, if you have a function [itex]f(x,y)= 4x^2+ 3x- 9y^2[/itex] you can find the the second derivative of f with respect to y.

Please check and tell us what the problem really is.