Problem

Use implicit differentiation to find $\frac{d r}{d \theta}$
\[
\cot \left(r \theta^{4}\right)=\frac{1}{7}
\]

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Thus, the derivative of \(r\) with respect to \(\theta\) is \(\boxed{0}\).

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Step 1 :First, we rewrite the given equation as \(\tan(r \theta^{4}) = 7\).

Step 2 :Next, we take the derivative of both sides with respect to \(\theta\).

Step 3 :On the left side, we use the chain rule to differentiate \(\tan(r \theta^{4})\). The derivative of \(\tan(x)\) is \(\sec^2(x)\), and the derivative of \(r \theta^{4}\) is \(4r \theta^{3} \frac{dr}{d\theta}\).

Step 4 :So, the derivative of the left side is \(\sec^2(r \theta^{4}) \cdot 4r \theta^{3} \frac{dr}{d\theta}\).

Step 5 :On the right side, the derivative of 7 with respect to \(\theta\) is 0.

Step 6 :So, we have the equation \(\sec^2(r \theta^{4}) \cdot 4r \theta^{3} \frac{dr}{d\theta} = 0\).

Step 7 :We can simplify this equation by dividing both sides by \(\sec^2(r \theta^{4}) \cdot 4r \theta^{3}\), which gives us \(\frac{dr}{d\theta} = 0\).

Step 8 :Thus, the derivative of \(r\) with respect to \(\theta\) is \(\boxed{0}\).

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