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show that dy/dx = y(x-y)/x+y , if x= y ln (x-y)?
ln stands for natural log, i.e. with base e
4 Answers
- HemantLv 710 years agoFavorite Answer
... x = y. ln (x-y) ........................................... (1)
∴ diff... w.r.t. x, by Chain Rule,
... 1 = y. [1/(x-y)].( 1 - y' ) + ln (x-y) · y'
∴ 1 = [y/(x-y)] - [y/(x-y)].y' + ( x/y ).y' ............ from (1)
∴ 1 - [y/(x-y)] = [ (x/y) - ( y/(x-y) ) ].y'
Now solve for y' and simplify.
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- PlogstiesLv 710 years ago
I get a different result.
Differentiating (implicitly)
x/y=ln(x-y) one gets
(y-xy')/y^2=(1-y')/(x-y).
Cross-multiplying,
(x-y)(y-xy')=y^2(1-y')
=>xy-x^2y'-y^2+xyy'=y^2-y^2y'
=>xy-2y^2=[x^2-xy-y^2]y'
which leads to
y'=dy/dx=y(x-2y)/(x^2-xy-y^2).
So, I think the result is in error.
- Amar SoniLv 710 years ago
if x = y ln(x-y)
x/y = ln (x-y)
e^(x/y) = x-y
differentiate
e^(x/y){ 1/y -x/y^2*(dy/dx)} = 1 -dy/dx
(x-y){1/y - (x/y^2)*dy/dx} = 1 - dy/dx
(x-y)/y - x(x-y)/y^2 *( dy/dx) = 1 - dy/dx
dy/dx{1- x(x -y)/y^2} = {1 - (x-y)/y}
dy/dx{(y^2 -x^2 +xy)/y^2} = { (y-x+y)/y}
dy/dx{ y^2 - x^2 +xy} = y(2y - x)
dy/dx = {y(2y-x)}/{y^2-x^2 +xy} ..........Ans
- RameshwarLv 710 years ago
x= y log( x-y)
differentiating w.r.to x
1 = dy/dx* log(x-y) + y/(x-y) [1- dy/dx]
( x- y) = (x-y) dy/dx log(x-y) +y- y dy/dx
= dy/dx[ (x-y) log(x-y) - y] + y
x- y = dy/dx[ xlog(x-y) - y log(x-y) -y] +y
or (x-y) = dy/dx [x^2/y -- x - y] + y
or ( x- 2y ) = dy/dx( x^2 - xy - y^2) /y
or dy/dx = y( x-2y)/x^2 -xy -y^2) ans