![]() Sec 2y × dy/dx = 1 ( because the derivative of tan x is sec 2x)ĭy/dx = 1 / (1 + tan 2y) ( by one of the trigonometric identities)ĭy/dx = 1 / (1 + x 2) (because tan y = x) Differentiating this equation both sides with respect to x, ![]() From the definition of arctan, y = tan -1 x ⇒ tan y = x. ![]() Let us find the derivative of y = tan -1x using implicit differentiation. The process of implicit differentiation is helpful in finding the derivatives of inverse trig functions. Did we come across any particular formula along the way? No!! There is no particular formula to do implicit differentiation, rather we perform the steps that are explained in the above flow chart to find the implicit derivative. We have seen the steps to perform implicit differentiation. ![]() In this example, d/dx (sin x) = cos x whereas d/dx (sin y) = cos y (dy/dx). (All x terms should be directly differentiated using the derivative formulas but while differentiating the y terms, multiply the actual derivative by dy/dx) Step - 2: Apply the derivative formulas to find the derivatives and also apply the chain rule.Then we get d/dx(y) + d/dx(sin y) = d/dx(sin x). Step - 1: Differentiate every term on both sides with respect to x.Now, these steps are explained by an example where are going to find the implicit derivative dy/dx if the function is y + sin y = sin x. Here is the flowchart of the steps for performing implicit differentiation. Note that we should be aware of the derivative rules such as the power rule, product rule, quotient rule, chain rule, etc before learning the process of implicit differentiation. In the process of implicit differentiation, we cannot directly start with dy/dx as an implicit function is not of the form y = f(x), instead, it is of the form f(x, y) = 0. In such cases, only implicit differentiation (Method - 2) is the way to find the derivative. But for some functions like xy + sin (xy) = 0, writing it as an explicit function (Method - 1) is not possible. But in method-2, we differentiated both sides with respect to x by considering y as a function of x, and this type of differentiation is called implicit differentiation. In Method -1, we have converted the implicit function into the explicit function and found the derivative using the power rule. Let us find dy/dx in two methods: (i) Solving it for y (ii) Without solving it for y.ĭifferentiating both sides with respect to x: Let us consider an example of finding dy/dx given the function xy = 5. i.e., it cannot be easily solved for 'y' (or) it cannot be easily got into the form of y = f(x). An implicit function is a function that can be expressed as f(x, y) = 0. Implicit differentiation is the process of differentiating an implicit function. Implicit Differentiation of Inverse Trigonometric Functions But in the second case, we cannot solve the equation easily for 'y', and this type of function is called an implicit function and in this page, we are going to see how to find the derivative of an implicit function by using the process of implicit differentiation. In the first case, though 'y' is not one of the sides of the equation, we can still solve it to write it like y = 2 - x 2 and it is an explicit function. For example, consider the following functions: But it is not necessary always to have 'y' on one side of the equation. An explicit function is of the form y = f(x) with the dependent variable "y" is on one of the sides of the equation. There are two types of functions: explicit function and implicit function. i.e., this process is used to find the implicit derivative. Implicit differentiation is the process of finding the derivative of an implicit function.
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