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15Implicit differentiation on circle

The curve x2+y2=25\displaystyle x^2 + y^2 = 25 passes through (3,4)\displaystyle (3, 4). Find dydx\displaystyle \frac{dy}{dx} there.

Differentiate both sides with respect to x, treating y as a function of x: 2x + 2y(dy/dx) = 0, so dy/dx = −x/y. At (3,4), dy/dx = −3/4, which checks out since it's perpendicular to the radius (slope 4/3).

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