Find the slope of the tangent line to the curve

2sin(x) + 6cos(y) - 6sin(x)cos(y) + x = 3pi
at the point (3pi, 7pi/2)

Thank you very much for your help.

2 answers

2cosx - 6siny y' - 6cos^2(y) + 6sin^2(x) y' + 1 = 0

at (3pi,7pi/2) we have

2(-1) - 6(-1)y' - 6(0) + 6(0)y' + 1 = 0
-2 + 6y' + 1 = 0
6y' = 1
y' = 1/6
Oops. Make that

2cosx - 6siny y' - 6cosx cosy + 6sinx siny y' + 1 = 0

2(-1) - 6(-1)y' - 6(-1)(0) + 6(0)y' + 1 = 0
-2 + 6y' + 1 = 0
y' = 1/6

got the right answer before, but only because all the wrong stuff evaluated to 0!
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