Calculus, 10th Edition (Anton)

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Chapter 13 - Partial Derivatives - 13.3 Partial Derivatives - Exercises Set 13.3 - Page 937: 31

Answer

$$\eqalign{ & {f_x}\left( {x,y} \right) = \frac{{15{x^4}y - 21{x^2}y}}{{2\sqrt {3{x^5} - 7{x^3}y} }} \cr & {f_y}\left( {x,y} \right) = \frac{{3{x^5} - 7{x^3}}}{{2\sqrt {3{x^5} - 7{x^3}y} }} \cr} $$

Work Step by Step

$$\eqalign{ & f\left( {x,y} \right) = \sqrt {3{x^5}y - 7{x^3}y} \cr & \cr & {\text{Calculate }}{f_x}\left( {x,y} \right){\text{ differentiating with respect to }}x;{\text{ treat }}y{\text{ as a constant}} \cr & {f_x}\left( {x,y} \right) = \frac{\partial }{{\partial x}}\left[ {\sqrt {3{x^5}y - 7{x^3}y} } \right] \cr & {\text{Use the chain rule}} \cr & {f_x}\left( {x,y} \right) = \frac{1}{2}{\left( {3{x^5}y - 7{x^3}y} \right)^{ - 1/2}}\frac{\partial }{{\partial x}}\left[ {3{x^5}y - 7{x^3}y} \right] \cr & {f_x}\left( {x,y} \right) = \frac{1}{2}{\left( {3{x^5} - 7{x^3}y} \right)^{ - 1/2}}\left( {15{x^4}y - 21{x^2}y} \right) \cr & {\text{simplifying}} \cr & {f_x}\left( {x,y} \right) = \frac{{15{x^4}y - 21{x^2}y}}{{2{{\left( {3{x^5} - 7{x^3}y} \right)}^{1/2}}}} \cr & {f_x}\left( {x,y} \right) = \frac{{15{x^4}y - 21{x^2}y}}{{2\sqrt {3{x^5} - 7{x^3}y} }} \cr & \cr & {\text{Calculate }}{f_y}\left( {x,y} \right){\text{ differentiating with respect to }}y;{\text{ treat }}x{\text{ as a constant}} \cr & {f_y}\left( {x,y} \right) = \frac{\partial }{{\partial y}}\left[ {\sqrt {3{x^5}y - 7{x^3}y} } \right] \cr & {\text{Use the chain rule}} \cr & {f_y}\left( {x,y} \right) = \frac{1}{2}{\left( {3{x^5}y - 7{x^3}y} \right)^{ - 1/2}}\frac{\partial }{{\partial y}}\left[ {3{x^5}y - 7{x^3}y} \right] \cr & {f_y}\left( {x,y} \right) = \frac{1}{2}{\left( {3{x^5}y - 7{x^3}y} \right)^{ - 1/2}}\left( {3{x^5} - 7{x^3}} \right) \cr & {\text{simplifying}} \cr & {f_y}\left( {x,y} \right) = \frac{{3{x^5} - 7{x^3}}}{{2{{\left( {3{x^5} - 7{x^3}y} \right)}^{1/2}}}} \cr & {f_y}\left( {x,y} \right) = \frac{{3{x^5} - 7{x^3}}}{{2\sqrt {3{x^5} - 7{x^3}y} }} \cr} $$
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