Multivariable Calculus, 7th Edition

Published by Brooks Cole
ISBN 10: 0-53849-787-4
ISBN 13: 978-0-53849-787-9

Chapter 14 - Partial Derivatives - 14.6 Exercises - Page 969: 65

Answer

(a) $F_xG_x+F_yG_y+F_zG_z=0$ at $P$ (b) The two surfaces are orthogonal and their dot product is equal to zero.

Work Step by Step

(a) Since the two normal lines are orthogonal at point P if $\nabla F \cdot \nabla G=0$ at P this means that their dot product must be zero. Thus, $\lt \dfrac{\partial F}{\partial x},\dfrac{\partial F}{\partial y},\dfrac{\partial F}{\partial z} \gt \cdot \lt \dfrac{\partial G}{\partial x},\dfrac{\partial G}{\partial y},\dfrac{\partial G}{\partial z} \gt =0$ $\lt \dfrac{\partial F}{\partial x}\dfrac{\partial G}{\partial x},\dfrac{\partial F}{\partial y}\dfrac{\partial G}{\partial y},\dfrac{\partial F}{\partial z} \dfrac{\partial G}{\partial z} \gt =0$ or, $F_xG_x+F_yG_y+F_zG_z=0$ at $P$ (b) $\nabla P(x,y,z) \cdot \nabla Q(x,y,z)=\lt 2x,2y,-2z \gt \times \lt 2x,2y,2z \gt=4(x^2+y^2-z^2)$ $\nabla P(x,y,z) \cdot \nabla Q(x,y,z)=0$ The two surfaces are orthogonal and their dot product is equal to zero.
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