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Active Calculus - Gvsu - Grand Valley State University

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58 2.7. DERIVATIVES OF FUNCTIONS GIVEN IMPLICITLYActivity 2.19.Consider the curve defined by the equation x = y 5 − 5y 3 + 4y, whose graph is pictured inFigure 2.4.3y-3 3x-3Figure 2.4: The curve x = y 5 − 5y 3 + 4y.(a) Explain why it is not possible to express y as an explicit function of x.(b) Use implicit differentiation to find a formula for dy/dx.(c) Use your result from part (b) to find an equation of the line tangent to the graph ofx = y 5 − 5y 3 + 4y at the point (0, 1).(d) Use your result from part (b) to determine all of the points at which the graph of x =y 5 − 5y 3 + 4y has a vertical tangent line.⊳

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