Simplification Help: Can't Simplify Further?

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In summary, the conversation is about simplifying an expression and finding the derivative using implicit differentiation. The final answer is given, but the correctness is questioned and further clarification is requested.
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I have worked a question down to this, but I am not sure how to simplify any further.

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I think that has been simplified enough. I see no way to simplify it any further...
 
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[tex] = 3 - \frac{3x+y}{x\left(2yx^5 e^{-2y} -1\right)} [/tex] ??

But that's not really simplification :))
 
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The original question was: suppose [tex]x^{6}e^{-2y}=ln(xy)[/tex]

Find [tex]\frac{dy}{dx}[/tex] by implicit differentiation.

That is the answer that I have come to, but it is said to be wrong.
 
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And can you posts what you did to get to that solution?
 
  • #6
Well, you should calculate once more the partial derivative wrt y.
 

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