Calculus: Early Transcendentals 8th Edition

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Chapter 14 - Section 14.3 - Partial Derivatives - 14.3 Exercise - Page 925: 49

Answer

$$ e^{z}=xyz $$ To find $\frac{\partial z}{\partial x}$, we differentiate implicitly with respect to x, being careful to treat $y$ as a constant: $$ \begin{aligned} \frac{\partial z}{\partial x} &= \frac{ yz}{(e^{z}- y x )}. \end{aligned} $$ To find $\frac{\partial z}{\partial y}$, we differentiate implicitly with respect to $y$, being careful to treat $x$ as a constant: $$ \begin{aligned} \frac{\partial z}{\partial y} &= \frac{ xz}{(e^{z}- xy )}. \end{aligned} $$

Work Step by Step

$$ e^{z}=xyz $$ To find $\frac{\partial z}{\partial x}$, we differentiate implicitly with respect to x, being careful to treat $y$ as a constant: $$ \begin{aligned} \frac{\partial }{\partial x} (e^{z}) &=\frac{\partial }{\partial x} (xyz)\\ e^{z}\frac{\partial z}{\partial x} &= y (x \frac{\partial z }{\partial x}+z.1 ) \\ e^{z}\frac{\partial z}{\partial x} &= y x \frac{\partial z }{\partial x}+ yz \\ e^{z}\frac{\partial z}{\partial x} - y x \frac{\partial z }{\partial x} &= yz \\ \frac{\partial z}{\partial x} (e^{z}- y x )&= yz\\ \\ \frac{\partial z}{\partial x} &= \frac{ yz}{(e^{z}- y x )} \end{aligned} $$ To find $\frac{\partial z}{\partial y}$, we differentiate implicitly with respect to $y$, being careful to treat $x$ as a constant: $$ \begin{aligned} \frac{\partial }{\partial y} (e^{z}) &=\frac{\partial }{\partial y} (xyz)\\ e^{z}\frac{\partial z}{\partial y} &= x (y \frac{\partial z }{\partial y}+z.1 ) \\ e^{z}\frac{\partial z}{\partial y} &= x y \frac{\partial z }{\partial y}+ xz \\ e^{z}\frac{\partial z}{\partial y} - x y \frac{\partial z }{\partial y} &= xz \\ \frac{\partial z}{\partial y} (e^{z}- xy )&= xz\\ \\ \frac{\partial z}{\partial y} &= \frac{ xz}{(e^{z}- xy )} \end{aligned} $$
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