Given that y=45(x12−1)6y = \frac{4}{5}\left(\frac{x}{12} - 1\right)^6 and that both xx and yy vary with time, find the value of yy when the rate of change of yy is 124512\frac{4}{5} times the rate of change of xx.

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1. Find the derivative of $y$ with respect to $x$.

y=45(x12−1)6y = \frac{4}{5}\left(\frac{x}{12} - 1\right)^6

dydx=45×6(x12−1)5×112\frac{dy}{dx} = \frac{4}{5} \times 6\left(\frac{x}{12} - 1\right)^5 \times \frac{1}{12}

dydx=25(x12−1)5\frac{dy}{dx} = \frac{2}{5}\left(\frac{x}{12} - 1\right)^5

2. Use the given rate of change relationship to find the value of $\frac{dy}{dx}$.

Given dydt=1245dxdt=645dxdt\frac{dy}{dt} = 12\frac{4}{5} \frac{dx}{dt} = \frac{64}{5} \frac{dx}{dt}.

By the chain rule, dydt=dydx×dxdt\frac{dy}{dt} = \frac{dy}{dx} \times \frac{dx}{dt}.

Therefore, dydx=645\frac{dy}{dx} = \frac{64}{5}.

3. Equate the derivative to $\frac{64}{5}$ and solve for the inner expression.

25(x12−1)5=645\frac{2}{5}\left(\frac{x}{12} - 1\right)^5 = \frac{64}{5}

(x12−1)5=32\left(\frac{x}{12} - 1\right)^5 = 32

x12−1=2\frac{x}{12} - 1 = 2

4. Substitute the value of the inner expression back into the original equation to find $y$.

Substitute (x12−1)=2\left(\frac{x}{12} - 1\right) = 2 into the equation for yy:

y=45(2)6y = \frac{4}{5}(2)^6

y=45(64)=2565=5115y = \frac{4}{5}(64) = \frac{256}{5} = 51\frac{1}{5}

Answer

511551\frac{1}{5}

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