Q. Find the slope of the tangent line to the graph of 6y3−7=x at (−1,1).
Find Derivative: First, we need to find the derivative of the equation to get the slope formula. Since the equation is implicitly defined, we use implicit differentiation.Differentiate both sides with respect to x:dxd(6y3−7)=dxd(x)18y2⋅dxdy=1Solving for dxdy gives:dxdy=(18y2)1
Implicit Differentiation: Next, substitute y=1 into the derivative formula to find the slope at the point (−1,1).dxdy at y=1 is:dxdy=18×121dxdy=181
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