Exercise
Given the equation:
e^{xy}=e^{4x}-e^{5y}
For
y=f(x)
Find the derivative of the following function:
y'=f'(x)
Final Answer
Solution
We need to calculate a derivative of an implicit function. To do that, we use the chain rule in Derivative Rules on both sides of the equation and when we encounter y, we derive it, i.e. multiply by y’. This is how it goes:
e^{xy}=e^{4x}-e^{5y}
e^{xy}\cdot (y+xy')=4e^{4x}-e^{5y}\cdot 5y'
Notice that on the left side we used the multiplication rule in Derivative Rules. Now, we want to isolate y’ on one side. Therefore, we move expressions with y’ to one side:
ye^{xy}+xy'e^{xy}=4e^{4x}-5y'e^{5y}
xy'e^{xy}+5y'e^{5y}=4e^{4x}-ye^{xy}
y'(xe^{xy}+5e^{5y})=4e^{4x}-ye^{xy}
y'=\frac{4e^{4x}-ye^{xy}}{xe^{xy}+5e^{5y}}
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