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Exercise 5.5 · Q15

Q.Find dydx\frac{dy}{dx} in the following: xy=e(x−y)xy = e^{(x-y)}

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Differentiating xy=ex−yxy=e^{x-y} implicitly gives dydx=ex−y−yx+ex−y\frac{dy}{dx}=\frac{e^{x-y}-y}{x+e^{x-y}}, which simplifies (using ex−y=xye^{x-y}=xy) to y(x−1)x(1+y)\frac{y(x-1)}{x(1+y)}.

The equation xy=e(x−y)xy = e^{(x-y)} does not give yy explicitly in terms of xx — it is buried inside an exponential and also multiplied by xx. So we use implicit differentiation: treat yy as a function y(x)y(x), differentiate both sides with respect to xx, and every time a yy-term is differentiated, multiply by dydx\frac{dy}{dx} (chain rule). Then collect the dydx\frac{dy}{dx} terms and solve.

Differentiate the left side

xyxy is a product of xx and y(x)y(x), so by the product rule:

ddx(xy)=xdydx+y.\frac{d}{dx}(xy) = x\frac{dy}{dx} + y.

Differentiate the right side

The exponent is (x−y)(x-y), whose derivative is 1−dydx1-\frac{dy}{dx}, so by the chain rule:

ddxe(x−y)=e(x−y)(1−dydx).\frac{d}{dx}e^{(x-y)} = e^{(x-y)}\left(1 - \frac{dy}{dx}\right).

Set equal and solve

xdydx+y=e(x−y)−e(x−y)dydx.x\frac{dy}{dx} + y = e^{(x-y)} - e^{(x-y)}\frac{dy}{dx}.

Move all dydx\frac{dy}{dx} terms to one side: …

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