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If $x=a \cos ^{3} \theta$ and $y=a \sin ^{3} \theta$, then $\frac{d y}{d x}$ is
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$-\sqrt[3]{\frac{\mathrm{y}}{\mathrm{x}}}$
If $x=a \cos ^{3} \theta$ and $y=a \sin ^{3} \theta$
$\Rightarrow \quad \frac{d x}{d \theta}=3 a \cos ^{2} \theta(-\sin \theta)$
$\Rightarrow \quad \frac{\mathrm{dy}}{\mathrm{d} \theta}=3 \mathrm{a} \sin ^{2} \theta(\cos \theta)$
$\Rightarrow \quad \frac{d y}{d x}=\frac{d y}{d \theta} \times \frac{d \theta}{d x}$
$=\left(3 a \sin ^{2} \theta \cdot \cos \theta\right) \cdot \frac{1}{-\left(3 a \sin \theta \cdot \cos ^{2} \theta\right)}$
$\frac{d y}{d x}=-\frac{\sin \theta}{\cos \theta}, \frac{d y}{d x}=-\tan \theta$
$\Rightarrow \quad \frac{d y}{d x}=-\frac{(y / a)^{-1 / 3}}{(x / a)^{1 / 3}}$
$$
\begin{aligned}
&=-\left[\frac{y}{a} \times \frac{a}{x}\right]^{1 / 3} \\
\frac{d y}{d x} &=-\left(\frac{y}{x}\right)^{-1 / 3}=-\sqrt[3]{\frac{y}{x}}
\end{aligned}
$$
$\Rightarrow \quad \frac{d x}{d \theta}=3 a \cos ^{2} \theta(-\sin \theta)$
$\Rightarrow \quad \frac{\mathrm{dy}}{\mathrm{d} \theta}=3 \mathrm{a} \sin ^{2} \theta(\cos \theta)$
$\Rightarrow \quad \frac{d y}{d x}=\frac{d y}{d \theta} \times \frac{d \theta}{d x}$
$=\left(3 a \sin ^{2} \theta \cdot \cos \theta\right) \cdot \frac{1}{-\left(3 a \sin \theta \cdot \cos ^{2} \theta\right)}$
$\frac{d y}{d x}=-\frac{\sin \theta}{\cos \theta}, \frac{d y}{d x}=-\tan \theta$
$\Rightarrow \quad \frac{d y}{d x}=-\frac{(y / a)^{-1 / 3}}{(x / a)^{1 / 3}}$
$$
\begin{aligned}
&=-\left[\frac{y}{a} \times \frac{a}{x}\right]^{1 / 3} \\
\frac{d y}{d x} &=-\left(\frac{y}{x}\right)^{-1 / 3}=-\sqrt[3]{\frac{y}{x}}
\end{aligned}
$$
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