Calculus Maximus WS 4.

7: Implicit Differentiation

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Worksheet 4.7—Implicit Differentiation

Show all work on a separate sheet of paper. No calculator unless otherwise stated.

dy
1. Find
dx
a) x  3 x 2 y  4 xy 2  12
3
b) xy  x  3 y c) 4 sin 2 y cos x  2

5
y 
2
 4  x  1
2 2
d)  2sec y e) x  y sec  
 y

dy
2. Find at the indicated point, then find the equation of both the tangent and normal lines.
dx
x2  4
at  2,0  b)  x  y   x3  y 3 at  1,1
3
a) y 2  2
x 4

d2y
3. Find in terms of x.
dx 2
3
a) x 2  y 2  36 b) 1  xy  x  y c) x2  3 y 2  1

4. Determine the point(s) at which the graph of y 4  y 2  x 2 has either a horizontal or vertical tangent.
Be sure to label which is which, if either exist.

5. Find the two points where the curve x 2  xy  y 2  7 crosses the x-axis, and show that the tangents to
the curve at these points are parallel. What is the common slope of these tangents?

6. Find the normals to the curve xy  2 x  y  0 that are parallel to the line 2 x  y  0

dx dx
7. If y 2  cos xy  4 x  5 , find , yes, that’s .
dy dy

8. The slope of the tangent is 1 at the point  0,1 on x3  6 xy  ky 3  a , where k and a are constants.
The values of the constants a and k are what?

Multiple Choice

_____ 9. Find y when xy  5 x  2 x 2  4 .

5  2x  y y  5  4x y  5  2x
(A) y  (B) y   (C) y    y  5  4 x  (D) y 
x x x
y  5  2x y  5  4x
(E) y   (F) y 
x x

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dy 3 2
_____ 10. Find when  4
dx x y
3/ 2 3/ 2 3/ 2
dy 3 y dy 3 dy 2 x  dy 2  x 
  xy 
1/ 2
(A)    (B) (C)    (D)   
dx 2 x  dx 2 dx 3 y dx 3  y 
3/ 2
dy 3  y  dy 2
  xy 
1/ 2
(E)    (F)
dx 2  x  dx 3

dy
_____ 11. Find when tan  2 x  y   2 x
dx
dy 8x2 dy 8x2 dy 4 y2 dy 4 y2
(A)  (B)  (C)  (D) 
dx 1  4 x 2 dx 1  4 x2 dx 2  x2 dx 2  x 2
dy 8x2 dy 8 y2
(E)  (F) 
dx 1 4 y2 dx 2  x 2

_____ 12. Find the equation of the tangent line to the graph of y 2  xy  12  0 at the point 1, 4  .
(A) 3 y  2 x  10 (B) 3 y  2 x  10 (C) y  4 x (D) 7 y  4 x  24 (E) 7 y  4 x  24

_____ 13. The slope of the tangent line to the graph of x3  2 y 3  xy  0 at the point 1,1 is
4 3 5 5 4 2
(A)  (B) (C)  (D) (E) (F) 
5 2 4 4 5 3

_____ 14. The points P and Q on the graph of y 2  xy  8  0 have the same x-coordinate, x  6 . The
point of intersection of the tangents to the graph at P and Q is
 8 16   16 8   16 16  8 8 8 2
(A)  ,  (B)  ,  (C)  ,  (D)  ,  (E)  , 
3 3   3 3  3 3 3 3 3 3

d2y
_____ 15. Determine 2
when 4 x 2  3 y 2  4
dx
2
d y 16 d2y 16 d2y 4 d2y 16 d 2 y 16
(A) 2
 2
(B) 2
  2
(C) 2
 3 (D) 2
 3 (E) 
dx 9y dx 9y dx 9y dx 9y dx 2 9 y 3

_____ 16. When an object is placed at a distance p from a convex lens having focal length 5 cm, the image
1 1 1
will be at a distance q cm from the lens, while   . Find the rate of change of p with respect to q.
5 p q
dp 5 dp 25 dp 25 dp 25
(A)  (B)  (C)  (D) 
dq q  5 dq q  5 dq  q  5  2
dq q5
dp 5 dp 25
(E)  (F) 
dq  q  5 2 dq  q  5 2

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_____ 17. The graph of the equation x 2  y 2  8 x  4 x 2  y 2 is shown at right. Find the equation of

 
the tangent line to the graph at the point 3,3 3 .
1 5 
(A) y   x  12 
33 
1 5 
(B) y   x  12 
33 
1 3 36 
(C) y   x 
35 5 
1 3 36 
(D) y   x 
35 5 
1 3 6
(E) y   x 
35 5

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