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dths1980
Jun 20, 2008, 12:20 PM
xy^2-y-2=0
please help me with this problem thanks
galactus
Jun 20, 2008, 12:37 PM
Just differentiate as you normally would only attach a y' when you differentiate y.
Remember the product rule again.
\underbrace{xy^{2}}_{\text{use product rule on this}}-y=2
\underbrace{2xyy'+y^{2}}_{\text{product rule}}-y'=0
Now, solve for y' and you're done.
dths1980
Jun 20, 2008, 01:14 PM
Thanks a million
galactus
Jun 20, 2008, 01:33 PM
You're welcome. You didn't have to start a thread to do that. Just press the 'rate this answer' button.