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### Section 3-10 : Implicit Differentiation

11. Find the equation of then tangent line to $${y^2}{{\bf{e}}^{2x}} = 3y + {x^2}$$ at $$\left( {0,3} \right)$$.

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Hint : We know how to compute the slope of tangent lines and with implicit differentiation that shouldn’t be too hard at this point.
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The first thing to do is use implicit differentiation to find $$y'$$ for this function.

$2yy'{{\bf{e}}^{2x}} + 2{y^2}{{\bf{e}}^{2x}} = 3y' + 2x\hspace{0.25in} \Rightarrow \hspace{0.25in}\,\,\,\underline {y' = \frac{{2x - 2{y^2}{{\bf{e}}^{2x}}}}{{2y{{\bf{e}}^{2x}} - 3}}}$ Show Step 2

Evaluating the derivative at the point in question to get the slope of the tangent line gives,

$m = {\left. {y'} \right|_{x = 0,\,\,y = 3}} = \frac{{ - 18}}{3} = - 6$ Show Step 3

Now, we just need to write down the equation of the tangent line.

$y - 3 = - 6\left( {x - 0} \right)\hspace{0.25in}\, \Rightarrow \hspace{0.25in}\,\,\,\,\require{bbox} \bbox[2pt,border:1px solid black]{{y = - 6x + 3}}$