Fermi
·
Concept Library
·
Courses
·
Books
·
Problems
·
Simulations
·
Math Wiki
·
High School
Fermi
›
Problems
Mathematics
Mathematics
Problem
Suppose
x
x
x
and
y
y
y
are differentiable functions of time
t
t
t
linked by
x
2
y
=
10
x^{2}y=10
x
2
y
=
10
. If
d
x
d
t
\dfrac{dx}{dt}
d
t
d
x
is known, which expression gives
d
y
d
t
\dfrac{dy}{dt}
d
t
d
y
in terms of
x
x
x
,
y
y
y
, and
d
x
d
t
\dfrac{dx}{dt}
d
t
d
x
? a)
d
y
d
t
=
2
y
x
d
x
d
t
\displaystyle \frac{dy}{dt}=\frac{2y}{x}\,\frac{dx}{dt}
d
t
d
y
=
x
2
y
d
t
d
x
b)
d
y
d
t
=
−
2
y
x
d
x
d
t
\displaystyle \frac{dy}{dt}= -\frac{2y}{x}\,\frac{dx}{dt}
d
t
d
y
=
−
x
2
y
d
t
d
x
c)
d
y
d
t
=
−
2
x
y
d
x
d
t
\displaystyle \frac{dy}{dt}= -\frac{2x}{y}\,\frac{dx}{dt}
d
t
d
y
=
−
y
2
x
d
t
d
x
d)
d
y
d
t
=
−
y
x
d
x
d
t
\displaystyle \frac{dy}{dt}= -\frac{y}{x}\,\frac{dx}{dt}
d
t
d
y
=
−
x
y
d
t
d
x
Browse the problem library