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by **Coolmpl2** on Thu Oct 11, 2012 12:14 am

What would dy/dx of tan(xy) be using implicit differentiation be?

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by **nona.m.nona** on Thu Oct 11, 2012 1:22 pm

Coolmpl2 wrote:What would dy/dx of tan(xy) be using implicit differentiation be?

What is the derivative, with respect to x, of y = tan(x)? Utilize that same formulation during the implicit differentiation.

by **Matt** on Sat Oct 13, 2012 5:09 am

Coolmpl2 wrote:What would dy/dx of tan(xy) be using implicit differentiation be?

$\frac{d}{dx}\tan(xy)=\sec^2(xy)\cdot (y+xy')$

Implicit differentiation with tan: dy/dx for tan(xy)