Calculus, 10th Edition (Anton)

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Chapter 13 - Partial Derivatives - 13.1 Functions Of Two Or More Variables - Exercises Set 13.1 - Page 916: 61

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The level surfaces for the function \(f(x,y,z)\) result \[ f(x,y,z) = k, \quad k \in \mathbb{R} \] Since \[ f(x,y,z) = (x-2)^2 + y^2 + z^2 \] results in the level surface: \[ (x-2)^2 + y^2 + z^2 = k \] We can note that \[ (x-2)^2 + y^2 + z^2 \geq 0 \] for any real \(x\), \(y\), \(z\), then \(k \geq 0\). Since \(k \geq 0\), \[ (x-2)^2 + y^2 + z^2 = k \] represents spheres centered at \((2,0,0)\) (denoted as \(C(2,0,0)\)) with radius \(r = \sqrt{k}\).
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