Calculus Examples

Find dy/dx (x^2+y^2)^2=25/4*(xy^2)
Step 1
Remove parentheses.
Step 2
Differentiate both sides of the equation.
Step 3
Differentiate the left side of the equation.
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Step 3.1
Differentiate using the chain rule, which states that is where and .
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Step 3.1.1
To apply the Chain Rule, set as .
Step 3.1.2
Differentiate using the Power Rule which states that is where .
Step 3.1.3
Replace all occurrences of with .
Step 3.2
Differentiate.
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Step 3.2.1
By the Sum Rule, the derivative of with respect to is .
Step 3.2.2
Differentiate using the Power Rule which states that is where .
Step 3.3
Differentiate using the chain rule, which states that is where and .
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Step 3.3.1
To apply the Chain Rule, set as .
Step 3.3.2
Differentiate using the Power Rule which states that is where .
Step 3.3.3
Replace all occurrences of with .
Step 3.4
Rewrite as .
Step 3.5
Simplify.
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Step 3.5.1
Apply the distributive property.
Step 3.5.2
Reorder the factors of .
Step 4
Differentiate the right side of the equation.
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Step 4.1
Differentiate using the Constant Multiple Rule.
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Step 4.1.1
Combine and .
Step 4.1.2
Combine fractions.
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Step 4.1.2.1
Combine and .
Step 4.1.2.2
Move to the left of .
Step 4.1.3
Since is constant with respect to , the derivative of with respect to is .
Step 4.2
Differentiate using the Product Rule which states that is where and .
Step 4.3
Differentiate using the chain rule, which states that is where and .
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Step 4.3.1
To apply the Chain Rule, set as .
Step 4.3.2
Differentiate using the Power Rule which states that is where .
Step 4.3.3
Replace all occurrences of with .
Step 4.4
Move to the left of .
Step 4.5
Rewrite as .
Step 4.6
Differentiate using the Power Rule which states that is where .
Step 4.7
Multiply by .
Step 4.8
Simplify.
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Step 4.8.1
Apply the distributive property.
Step 4.8.2
Combine terms.
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Step 4.8.2.1
Combine and .
Step 4.8.2.2
Multiply by .
Step 4.8.2.3
Combine and .
Step 4.8.2.4
Combine and .
Step 4.8.2.5
Combine and .
Step 4.8.2.6
Move to the left of .
Step 4.8.2.7
Move to the left of .
Step 4.8.2.8
Cancel the common factor of and .
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Step 4.8.2.8.1
Factor out of .
Step 4.8.2.8.2
Cancel the common factors.
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Step 4.8.2.8.2.1
Factor out of .
Step 4.8.2.8.2.2
Cancel the common factor.
Step 4.8.2.8.2.3
Rewrite the expression.
Step 5
Reform the equation by setting the left side equal to the right side.
Step 6
Solve for .
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Step 6.1
Simplify .
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Step 6.1.1
Rewrite.
Step 6.1.2
Simplify by adding zeros.
Step 6.1.3
Expand using the FOIL Method.
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Step 6.1.3.1
Apply the distributive property.
Step 6.1.3.2
Apply the distributive property.
Step 6.1.3.3
Apply the distributive property.
Step 6.1.4
Simplify each term.
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Step 6.1.4.1
Rewrite using the commutative property of multiplication.
Step 6.1.4.2
Multiply by by adding the exponents.
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Step 6.1.4.2.1
Move .
Step 6.1.4.2.2
Multiply by .
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Step 6.1.4.2.2.1
Raise to the power of .
Step 6.1.4.2.2.2
Use the power rule to combine exponents.
Step 6.1.4.2.3
Add and .
Step 6.1.4.3
Multiply by .
Step 6.1.4.4
Rewrite using the commutative property of multiplication.
Step 6.1.4.5
Multiply by .
Step 6.1.4.6
Multiply by .
Step 6.1.4.7
Multiply by by adding the exponents.
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Step 6.1.4.7.1
Move .
Step 6.1.4.7.2
Multiply by .
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Step 6.1.4.7.2.1
Raise to the power of .
Step 6.1.4.7.2.2
Use the power rule to combine exponents.
Step 6.1.4.7.3
Add and .
Step 6.1.4.8
Multiply by .
Step 6.2
Combine and .
Step 6.3
Subtract from both sides of the equation.
Step 6.4
Move all terms not containing to the right side of the equation.
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Step 6.4.1
Subtract from both sides of the equation.
Step 6.4.2
Subtract from both sides of the equation.
Step 6.5
Factor out of .
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Step 6.5.1
Factor out of .
Step 6.5.2
Factor out of .
Step 6.5.3
Factor out of .
Step 6.5.4
Factor out of .
Step 6.5.5
Factor out of .
Step 6.6
Divide each term in by and simplify.
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Step 6.6.1
Divide each term in by .
Step 6.6.2
Simplify the left side.
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Step 6.6.2.1
Cancel the common factor of .
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Step 6.6.2.1.1
Cancel the common factor.
Step 6.6.2.1.2
Rewrite the expression.
Step 6.6.2.2
Cancel the common factor of .
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Step 6.6.2.2.1
Cancel the common factor.
Step 6.6.2.2.2
Divide by .
Step 6.6.3
Simplify the right side.
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Step 6.6.3.1
Combine the numerators over the common denominator.
Step 6.6.3.2
Reorder the factors of .
Step 6.6.3.3
Subtract from .
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Step 6.6.3.3.1
Reorder and .
Step 6.6.3.3.2
To write as a fraction with a common denominator, multiply by .
Step 6.6.3.3.3
Combine and .
Step 6.6.3.3.4
Combine the numerators over the common denominator.
Step 6.6.3.4
Simplify the numerator.
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Step 6.6.3.4.1
Factor out of .
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Step 6.6.3.4.1.1
Factor out of .
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Factor out of .
Step 6.6.3.4.1.3
Factor out of .
Step 6.6.3.4.2
Multiply by .
Step 6.6.3.5
To write as a fraction with a common denominator, multiply by .
Step 6.6.3.6
Simplify terms.
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Step 6.6.3.6.1
Combine and .
Step 6.6.3.6.2
Combine the numerators over the common denominator.
Step 6.6.3.7
Simplify the numerator.
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Step 6.6.3.7.1
Multiply by .
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Apply the distributive property.
Step 6.6.3.7.3
Rewrite using the commutative property of multiplication.
Step 6.6.3.7.4
Move to the left of .
Step 6.6.3.8
Simplify with factoring out.
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Step 6.6.3.8.1
Factor out of .
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Factor out of .
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Factor out of .
Step 6.6.3.8.4
Factor out of .
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Factor out of .
Step 6.6.3.8.6
Simplify the expression.
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Step 6.6.3.8.6.1
Rewrite as .
Step 6.6.3.8.6.2
Move the negative in front of the fraction.
Step 6.6.3.9
Multiply the numerator by the reciprocal of the denominator.
Step 6.6.3.10
Simplify the denominator.
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Step 6.6.3.10.1
To write as a fraction with a common denominator, multiply by .
Step 6.6.3.10.2
Combine and .
Step 6.6.3.10.3
Combine the numerators over the common denominator.
Step 6.6.3.10.4
Simplify the numerator.
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Step 6.6.3.10.4.1
Factor out of .
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Step 6.6.3.10.4.1.1
Factor out of .
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Factor out of .
Step 6.6.3.10.4.1.3
Factor out of .
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Multiply by .
Step 6.6.3.10.5
To write as a fraction with a common denominator, multiply by .
Step 6.6.3.10.6
Combine and .
Step 6.6.3.10.7
Combine the numerators over the common denominator.
Step 6.6.3.10.8
Simplify the numerator.
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Step 6.6.3.10.8.1
Multiply by .
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Apply the distributive property.
Step 6.6.3.10.8.3
Rewrite using the commutative property of multiplication.
Step 6.6.3.10.8.4
Move to the left of .
Step 6.6.3.10.8.5
Simplify each term.
Step 6.6.3.11
Combine and .
Step 6.6.3.12
Multiply the numerator by the reciprocal of the denominator.
Step 6.6.3.13
Multiply by .
Step 6.6.3.14
Cancel the common factor of .
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Step 6.6.3.14.1
Move the leading negative in into the numerator.
Step 6.6.3.14.2
Factor out of .
Step 6.6.3.14.3
Cancel the common factor.
Step 6.6.3.14.4
Rewrite the expression.
Step 6.6.3.15
Multiply by .
Step 6.6.3.16
Move the negative in front of the fraction.
Step 7
Replace with .