if F(x,y) and y=f(x), dy/dx=(d/dx (F))/(d/dy(F)) 1) F(x,y) 𝑎𝑛𝑑 y=f(x) so his means that the function F is a function of one variable which is x 2) while we were computing 𝑝𝑎𝑟𝑡𝑖𝑎𝑙 𝑑𝑒𝑟𝑖𝑣𝑎𝑡𝑖𝑣𝑒𝑠 we treated y and x as two independent variables although that y changes as x changes but while doing the 𝑝𝑎𝑟𝑡𝑖𝑎𝑙 𝑑𝑒𝑟𝑖𝑣𝑎𝑡𝑖𝑣𝑒𝑠 w.r.t x we treated y and x as two independent varaibles and considered y as a constant

Nicholas Hunter

Nicholas Hunter

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2022-11-17

if F ( x , y ) and y = f ( x ),
d y d x = x ( F ) y ( F )
1) F ( x , y ) 𝑎𝑛𝑑 y = f ( x ) so his means that the function F is a function of one variable which is x
2) while we were computing 𝑝𝑎𝑟𝑡𝑖𝑎𝑙 𝑑𝑒𝑟𝑖𝑣𝑎𝑡𝑖𝑣𝑒𝑠 we treated y and x as two independent variables although that y changes as x changes but while doing the 𝑝𝑎𝑟𝑡𝑖𝑎𝑙 𝑑𝑒𝑟𝑖𝑣𝑎𝑡𝑖𝑣𝑒𝑠 w.r.t x we treated y and x as two independent varaibles and considered y as a constant

Answer & Explanation

Neil Short

Neil Short

Beginner2022-11-18Added 17 answers

The function F is by definition a function of two variables x and y. It is trivial that we can take two partial derivatives of it.
This F implicitly defines a function f ( x ) of one variable by the constraint F ( x , y ) = c where 𝑐 is a constant.
The correct equation for f ( x ) you obtain from the chain rule:
d d x F ( x , f ( x ) ) = x F ( x , f ( x ) ) + y F ( x , f ( x ) ) f ( x ) .
Now observe that the LHS of this is zero because we said F ( x , f ( x ) ) is constant. Can you solve this equation now for
f ( x ) = d y d x ?

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