Calculus: Early Transcendentals 9th Edition

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Chapter 14 - Section 14.3 - Partial Derivatives - 14.3 Exercise - Page 970: 14

Answer

${w_u} = \frac{1}{{{v^2}}}{\text{ and }}{w_v} = - \frac{{2u}}{{{v^3}}}$

Work Step by Step

$$\eqalign{ & w = \frac{u}{{{v^2}}} \cr & {\text{Find }}{w_u}{\text{ differentiate with respect to }}u \cr & {w_u} = \frac{\partial }{{\partial u}}\left[ {\frac{u}{{{v^2}}}} \right] \cr & {\text{Considering }}v{\text{ as a constant}} \cr & {w_u} = \frac{1}{{{v^2}}}\frac{\partial }{{\partial u}}\left[ u \right] \cr & {w_u} = \frac{1}{{{v^2}}}\left( 1 \right) \cr & {w_u} = \frac{1}{{{v^2}}} \cr & \cr & {\text{Find }}{w_v}{\text{ differentiate with respect to }}v \cr & {w_v} = \frac{\partial }{{\partial v}}\left[ {\frac{u}{{{v^2}}}} \right] \cr & {\text{Considering }}u{\text{ as a constant}} \cr & {w_v} = u\frac{\partial }{{\partial v}}\left[ {\frac{1}{{{v^2}}}} \right] \cr & {w_v} = u\frac{\partial }{{\partial v}}\left[ {{v^{ - 2}}} \right] \cr & {w_v} = u\left( { - 2{v^{ - 3}}} \right) \cr & {w_v} = - \frac{{2u}}{{{v^3}}} \cr} $$
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