Calculus, 10th Edition (Anton)

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Chapter 13 - Partial Derivatives - 13.3 Partial Derivatives - Exercises Set 13.3 - Page 936: 7

Answer

$$\frac{\partial }{{\partial p}}\left[ {{e^{ - 7p/q}}} \right] = - \frac{7}{q}{e^{ - 7p/q}}{\text{ and }}\frac{\partial }{{\partial q}}\left[ {{e^{ - 7p/q}}} \right] = \frac{{7p{e^{ - 7p/q}}}}{{{q^2}}}$$

Work Step by Step

$$\eqalign{ & \frac{\partial }{{\partial p}}\left[ {{e^{ - 7p/q}}} \right] \cr & {\text{Differentiating with respect to }}p,{\text{ treat }}q{\text{ as a constant}} \cr & = {e^{ - 7p/q}}\frac{\partial }{{\partial p}}\left[ { - \frac{{7p}}{q}} \right] \cr & = {e^{ - 7p/q}}\left( { - \frac{7}{q}} \right) \cr & = - \frac{7}{q}{e^{ - 7p/q}} \cr & \cr & \frac{\partial }{{\partial q}}\left[ {{e^{ - 7p/q}}} \right] \cr & {\text{Differentiating with respect to }}q,{\text{ treat }}p{\text{ as a constant}} \cr & = {e^{ - 7p/q}}\frac{\partial }{{\partial q}}\left[ { - \frac{{7p}}{q}} \right] \cr & = - 7p{e^{ - 7p/q}}\frac{\partial }{{\partial q}}\left[ {\frac{1}{q}} \right] \cr & = - 7p{e^{ - 7p/q}}\left( { - \frac{1}{{{q^2}}}} \right) \cr & = \frac{{7p{e^{ - 7p/q}}}}{{{q^2}}} \cr & \cr & {\text{Then}}{\text{,}} \cr & \frac{\partial }{{\partial p}}\left[ {{e^{ - 7p/q}}} \right] = - \frac{7}{q}{e^{ - 7p/q}}{\text{ and }}\frac{\partial }{{\partial q}}\left[ {{e^{ - 7p/q}}} \right] = \frac{{7p{e^{ - 7p/q}}}}{{{q^2}}} \cr} $$
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