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How do you implicitly differentiate: sqrt(xy)=x^2y+1

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Implicit expression refers to equation that are not strictly expressed in terms of y and x separately. In this case, the derivative of expression
sqrt(xy)=x^2y+1 is

sqrt x * 0.5 y ^-0.5 dy + sqrt y * 0.5 x ^-0.5 dx= x^2 dy + 2xy dx
dy (x^2 - 0.5 (
x/y) ^0.5) = dx (2xy - 0.5 (y/x)^0.5)
dy/dx =
(2xy - 0.5 (y/x)^0.5) / (x^2 - 0.5 (x/y) ^0.5)
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