Homework Help: Calculus

Posted by Jane on Wednesday, January 7, 2009 at 10:16am.

Here's another one - I think that I am starting to understand it.

Find dy/dx by implicit differentiation:

x^7 = cot y

My answer is csc^2y / 7x^6

Calculus - bobpursley, Wednesday, January 7, 2009 at 10:19am
7x^6 dx=-csc y dy
Did you miss the sign?
Calculus - Jane, Wednesday, January 7, 2009 at 10:26am
I did miss the sign but would the answer be: 7x^6
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csc^2y
Calculus - bobpursley, Wednesday, January 7, 2009 at 10:28am
correct.

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