Calculus Examples

$(3 y^{2} + 2 x y + 2 x) d x + (6 x y + x^{2} + 3) d y = 0$

Step 1

Find $\frac{\partial M}{\partial y}$ where $M (x, y) = 3 y^{2} + 2 x y + 2 x$ .

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Step 1.1

Differentiate $M$ with respect to $y$ .

$\frac{\partial M}{\partial y} = \frac{d}{d y} [3 y^{2} + 2 x y + 2 x]$

Step 1.2

By the Sum Rule, the derivative of $3 y^{2} + 2 x y + 2 x$ with respect to $y$ is $\frac{d}{d y} [3 y^{2}] + \frac{d}{d y} [2 x y] + \frac{d}{d y} [2 x]$ .

$\frac{\partial M}{\partial y} = \frac{d}{d y} [3 y^{2}] + \frac{d}{d y} [2 x y] + \frac{d}{d y} [2 x]$

Step 1.3

Evaluate $\frac{d}{d y} [3 y^{2}]$ .

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Step 1.3.1

Since $3$ is constant with respect to $y$ , the derivative of $3 y^{2}$ with respect to $y$ is $3 \frac{d}{d y} [y^{2}]$ .

$\frac{\partial M}{\partial y} = 3 \frac{d}{d y} [y^{2}] + \frac{d}{d y} [2 x y] + \frac{d}{d y} [2 x]$

Step 1.3.2

Differentiate using the Power Rule which states that $\frac{d}{d y} [y^{n}]$ is $n y^{n - 1}$ where $n = 2$ .

$\frac{\partial M}{\partial y} = 3 (2 y) + \frac{d}{d y} [2 x y] + \frac{d}{d y} [2 x]$

Step 1.3.3

Multiply $2$ by $3$ .

$\frac{\partial M}{\partial y} = 6 y + \frac{d}{d y} [2 x y] + \frac{d}{d y} [2 x]$

Step 1.4

Evaluate $\frac{d}{d y} [2 x y]$ .

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Step 1.4.1

Since $2 x$ is constant with respect to $y$ , the derivative of $2 x y$ with respect to $y$ is $2 x \frac{d}{d y} [y]$ .

$\frac{\partial M}{\partial y} = 6 y + 2 x \frac{d}{d y} [y] + \frac{d}{d y} [2 x]$

Step 1.4.2

Differentiate using the Power Rule which states that $\frac{d}{d y} [y^{n}]$ is $n y^{n - 1}$ where $n = 1$ .

$\frac{\partial M}{\partial y} = 6 y + 2 x \cdot 1 + \frac{d}{d y} [2 x]$

Step 1.4.3

Multiply $2$ by $1$ .

$\frac{\partial M}{\partial y} = 6 y + 2 x + \frac{d}{d y} [2 x]$

Step 1.5

Since $2 x$ is constant with respect to $y$ , the derivative of $2 x$ with respect to $y$ is $0$ .

$\frac{\partial M}{\partial y} = 6 y + 2 x + 0$

Step 1.6

Simplify.

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Step 1.6.1

Add $6 y + 2 x$ and $0$ .

$\frac{\partial M}{\partial y} = 6 y + 2 x$

Step 1.6.2

Reorder terms.

$\frac{\partial M}{\partial y} = 2 x + 6 y$

Step 2

Find $\frac{\partial N}{\partial x}$ where $N (x, y) = 6 x y + x^{2} + 3$ .

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Step 2.1

Differentiate $N$ with respect to $x$ .

$\frac{\partial N}{\partial x} = \frac{d}{d x} [6 x y + x^{2} + 3]$

Step 2.2

By the Sum Rule, the derivative of $6 x y + x^{2} + 3$ with respect to $x$ is $\frac{d}{d x} [6 x y] + \frac{d}{d x} [x^{2}] + \frac{d}{d x} [3]$ .

$\frac{\partial N}{\partial x} = \frac{d}{d x} [6 x y] + \frac{d}{d x} [x^{2}] + \frac{d}{d x} [3]$

Step 2.3

Evaluate $\frac{d}{d x} [6 x y]$ .

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Step 2.3.1

Since $6 y$ is constant with respect to $x$ , the derivative of $6 x y$ with respect to $x$ is $6 y \frac{d}{d x} [x]$ .

$\frac{\partial N}{\partial x} = 6 y \frac{d}{d x} [x] + \frac{d}{d x} [x^{2}] + \frac{d}{d x} [3]$

Step 2.3.2

Differentiate using the Power Rule which states that $\frac{d}{d x} [x^{n}]$ is $n x^{n - 1}$ where $n = 1$ .

$\frac{\partial N}{\partial x} = 6 y \cdot 1 + \frac{d}{d x} [x^{2}] + \frac{d}{d x} [3]$

Step 2.3.3

Multiply $6$ by $1$ .

$\frac{\partial N}{\partial x} = 6 y + \frac{d}{d x} [x^{2}] + \frac{d}{d x} [3]$

Step 2.4

Differentiate.

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Step 2.4.1

Differentiate using the Power Rule which states that $\frac{d}{d x} [x^{n}]$ is $n x^{n - 1}$ where $n = 2$ .

$\frac{\partial N}{\partial x} = 6 y + 2 x + \frac{d}{d x} [3]$

Step 2.4.2

Since $3$ is constant with respect to $x$ , the derivative of $3$ with respect to $x$ is $0$ .

$\frac{\partial N}{\partial x} = 6 y + 2 x + 0$

Step 2.5

Simplify.

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Step 2.5.1

Add $6 y + 2 x$ and $0$ .

$\frac{\partial N}{\partial x} = 6 y + 2 x$

Step 2.5.2

Reorder terms.

$\frac{\partial N}{\partial x} = 2 x + 6 y$

Step 3

Check that $\frac{\partial M}{\partial y} = \frac{\partial N}{\partial x}$ .

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Step 3.1

Substitute $2 x + 6 y$ for $\frac{\partial M}{\partial y}$ and $2 x + 6 y$ for $\frac{\partial N}{\partial x}$ .

$2 x + 6 y = 2 x + 6 y$

Step 3.2

Since the two sides have been shown to be equivalent, the equation is an identity.

$2 x + 6 y = 2 x + 6 y$ is an identity.

Step 4

Set $f (x, y)$ equal to the integral of $M (x, y)$ .

$f (x, y) = \int 3 y^{2} + 2 x y + 2 x d x$

Step 5

Integrate $M (x, y) = 3 y^{2} + 2 x y + 2 x$ to find $f (x, y)$ .

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Step 5.1

Split the single integral into multiple integrals.

$f (x, y) = \int 3 y^{2} d x + \int 2 x y d x + \int 2 x d x$

Step 5.2

Apply the constant rule.

$f (x, y) = 3 y^{2} x + C + \int 2 x y d x + \int 2 x d x$

Step 5.3

Since $2 y$ is constant with respect to $x$ , move $2 y$ out of the integral.

$f (x, y) = 3 y^{2} x + C + 2 y \int x d x + \int 2 x d x$

Step 5.4

By the Power Rule, the integral of $x$ with respect to $x$ is $\frac{1}{2} x^{2}$ .

$f (x, y) = 3 y^{2} x + C + 2 y (\frac{1}{2} x^{2} + C) + \int 2 x d x$

Step 5.5

Since $2$ is constant with respect to $x$ , move $2$ out of the integral.

$f (x, y) = 3 y^{2} x + C + 2 y (\frac{1}{2} x^{2} + C) + 2 \int x d x$

Step 5.6

By the Power Rule, the integral of $x$ with respect to $x$ is $\frac{1}{2} x^{2}$ .

$f (x, y) = 3 y^{2} x + C + 2 y (\frac{1}{2} x^{2} + C) + 2 (\frac{1}{2} x^{2} + C)$

Step 5.7

Simplify.

$f (x, y) = 3 y^{2} x + y x^{2} + 2 (\frac{1}{2} x^{2}) + C$

Step 5.8

Simplify.

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Step 5.8.1

Combine $\frac{1}{2}$ and $x^{2}$ .

$f (x, y) = 3 y^{2} x + y x^{2} + 2 \frac{x^{2}}{2} + C$

Step 5.8.2

Combine $2$ and $\frac{x^{2}}{2}$ .

$f (x, y) = 3 y^{2} x + y x^{2} + \frac{2 x^{2}}{2} + C$

Step 5.8.3

Cancel the common factor of $2$ .

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Step 5.8.3.1

Cancel the common factor.

$f (x, y) = 3 y^{2} x + y x^{2} + \frac{2 x^{2}}{2} + C$

Step 5.8.3.2

Divide $x^{2}$ by $1$ .

$f (x, y) = 3 y^{2} x + y x^{2} + x^{2} + C$

Step 6

Since the integral of $g (y)$ will contain an integration constant, we can replace $C$ with $g (y)$ .

$f (x, y) = 3 y^{2} x + y x^{2} + x^{2} + g (y)$

Step 7

Set $\frac{\partial f}{\partial y} = N (x, y)$ .

$\frac{\partial f}{\partial y} = 6 x y + x^{2} + 3$

Step 8

Find $\frac{\partial f}{\partial y}$ .

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Step 8.1

Differentiate $f$ with respect to $y$ .

$\frac{d}{d y} [3 y^{2} x + y x^{2} + x^{2} + g (y)] = 6 x y + x^{2} + 3$

Step 8.2

By the Sum Rule, the derivative of $3 y^{2} x + y x^{2} + x^{2} + g (y)$ with respect to $y$ is $\frac{d}{d y} [3 y^{2} x] + \frac{d}{d y} [y x^{2}] + \frac{d}{d y} [x^{2}] + \frac{d}{d y} [g (y)]$ .

$\frac{d}{d y} [3 y^{2} x] + \frac{d}{d y} [y x^{2}] + \frac{d}{d y} [x^{2}] + \frac{d}{d y} [g (y)] = 6 x y + x^{2} + 3$

Step 8.3

Evaluate $\frac{d}{d y} [3 y^{2} x]$ .

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Step 8.3.1

Since $3 x$ is constant with respect to $y$ , the derivative of $3 y^{2} x$ with respect to $y$ is $3 x \frac{d}{d y} [y^{2}]$ .

$3 x \frac{d}{d y} [y^{2}] + \frac{d}{d y} [y x^{2}] + \frac{d}{d y} [x^{2}] + \frac{d}{d y} [g (y)] = 6 x y + x^{2} + 3$

Step 8.3.2

Differentiate using the Power Rule which states that $\frac{d}{d y} [y^{n}]$ is $n y^{n - 1}$ where $n = 2$ .

$3 x (2 y) + \frac{d}{d y} [y x^{2}] + \frac{d}{d y} [x^{2}] + \frac{d}{d y} [g (y)] = 6 x y + x^{2} + 3$

Step 8.3.3

Multiply $2$ by $3$ .

$6 x y + \frac{d}{d y} [y x^{2}] + \frac{d}{d y} [x^{2}] + \frac{d}{d y} [g (y)] = 6 x y + x^{2} + 3$

Step 8.4

Evaluate $\frac{d}{d y} [y x^{2}]$ .

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Step 8.4.1

Since $x^{2}$ is constant with respect to $y$ , the derivative of $y x^{2}$ with respect to $y$ is $x^{2} \frac{d}{d y} [y]$ .

$6 x y + x^{2} \frac{d}{d y} [y] + \frac{d}{d y} [x^{2}] + \frac{d}{d y} [g (y)] = 6 x y + x^{2} + 3$

Step 8.4.2

Differentiate using the Power Rule which states that $\frac{d}{d y} [y^{n}]$ is $n y^{n - 1}$ where $n = 1$ .

$6 x y + x^{2} \cdot 1 + \frac{d}{d y} [x^{2}] + \frac{d}{d y} [g (y)] = 6 x y + x^{2} + 3$

Step 8.4.3

Multiply $x^{2}$ by $1$ .

$6 x y + x^{2} + \frac{d}{d y} [x^{2}] + \frac{d}{d y} [g (y)] = 6 x y + x^{2} + 3$

Step 8.5

Since $x^{2}$ is constant with respect to $y$ , the derivative of $x^{2}$ with respect to $y$ is $0$ .

$6 x y + x^{2} + 0 + \frac{d}{d y} [g (y)] = 6 x y + x^{2} + 3$

Step 8.6

Differentiate using the function rule which states that the derivative of $g (y)$ is $\frac{d g}{d y}$ .

$6 x y + x^{2} + 0 + \frac{d g}{d y} = 6 x y + x^{2} + 3$

Step 8.7

Simplify.

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Step 8.7.1

Add $6 x y + x^{2}$ and $0$ .

$6 x y + x^{2} + \frac{d g}{d y} = 6 x y + x^{2} + 3$

Step 8.7.2

Reorder terms.

$\frac{d g}{d y} + x^{2} + 6 x y = 6 x y + x^{2} + 3$

Step 9

Solve for $\frac{d g}{d y}$ .

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Step 9.1

Move all terms not containing $\frac{d g}{d y}$ to the right side of the equation.

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Step 9.1.1

Subtract $x^{2}$ from both sides of the equation.

$\frac{d g}{d y} + 6 x y = 6 x y + x^{2} + 3 - x^{2}$

Step 9.1.2

Subtract $6 x y$ from both sides of the equation.

$\frac{d g}{d y} = 6 x y + x^{2} + 3 - x^{2} - 6 x y$

Step 9.1.3

Combine the opposite terms in $6 x y + x^{2} + 3 - x^{2} - 6 x y$ .

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Step 9.1.3.1

Subtract $x^{2}$ from $x^{2}$ .

$\frac{d g}{d y} = 6 x y + 0 + 3 - 6 x y$

Step 9.1.3.2

Add $6 x y$ and $0$ .

$\frac{d g}{d y} = 6 x y + 3 - 6 x y$

Step 9.1.3.3

Subtract $6 x y$ from $6 x y$ .

$\frac{d g}{d y} = 0 + 3$

Step 9.1.3.4

Add $0$ and $3$ .

$\frac{d g}{d y} = 3$

Step 10

Find the antiderivative of $3$ to find $g (y)$ .

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Step 10.1

Integrate both sides of $\frac{d g}{d y} = 3$ .

$\int \frac{d g}{d y} d y = \int 3 d y$

Step 10.2

Evaluate $\int \frac{d g}{d y} d y$ .

$g (y) = \int 3 d y$

Step 10.3

Apply the constant rule.

$g (y) = 3 y + C$

Step 11

Substitute for $g (y)$ in $f (x, y) = 3 y^{2} x + y x^{2} + x^{2} + g (y)$ .

$f (x, y) = 3 y^{2} x + y x^{2} + x^{2} + 3 y + C$