OCR MEI C3 — Question 2

Exam BoardOCR MEI
ModuleC3 (Core Mathematics 3)
TopicImplicit equations and differentiation

2 The variables \(x\) and \(y\) satisfy the equation \(x ^ { \frac { 2 } { 3 } } + y ^ { \frac { 2 } { 3 } } = 5\).
  1. Show that \(\frac { \mathrm { d } y } { \mathrm {~d} x } = - \left( \frac { y } { x } \right) ^ { \frac { 1 } { 3 } }\). Both \(x\) and \(y\) are functions of \(t\).
  2. Find the value of \(\frac { \mathrm { d } y } { \mathrm {~d} t }\) when \(x = 1 , y = 8\) and \(\frac { \mathrm { d } x } { \mathrm {~d} t } = 6\).
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