Given the implicit equation:
ex+ey=ex+y
- Differentiate both sides with respect to x:
dxd(ex)+dxd(ey)=dxd(ex+y)
ex+eydxdy=ex+y(1+dxdy)
- Expand the right-hand side:
ex+eydxdy=ex+y+ex+ydxdy
- Substitute ex+y=ex+ey back into the right side to simplify:
ex+eydxdy=(ex+ey)+(ex+ey)dxdy
ex+eydxdy=ex+ey+exdxdy+eydxdy
- Cancel out identical terms on both sides:
Subtract ex and eydxdy from both sides:
0=ey+exdxdy
- Isolate dxdy:
exdxdy=−ey
dxdy=−exey=−ey−x