Implicit Differentiation
www.mathcentre.ac.uk › mc-ty-implicit-2009-1Implicit Differentiation mc-TY-implicit-2009-1 Sometimes functions are given not in the form y = f(x) but in a more complicated form in which it is difficult or impossible to express y explicitly in terms of x. Such functions are called implicit functions. In this unit we explain how these can be differentiated using implicit differentiation.
4.1 Implicit Differentiation
www.tesd.net › cms › libImplicit differentiation can be used to calculate the slope of the tangent line as the example below shows. Example 2: Find the equation of the tangent line that passes through point to the graph of Solution: First we need to use implicit differentiation to find and then substitute the point into the derivative to find slope.