Calculus, 10th Edition (Anton)

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Chapter 13 - Partial Derivatives - 13.5 The Chain Rule - Exercises Set 13.5 - Page 958: 51

Answer

\[ 0=-\frac{\partial z}{\partial y}+2 \frac{\partial z}{\partial x} \]

Work Step by Step

Let $f$ be a differential function of one variable and \[ (2 y+x)f=z \] Let $x+2 y=u, \quad f(u)=z$ \[ \begin{array}{l} \frac{\partial z}{\partial x}=\frac{d z}{d u} \frac{\partial u}{\partial x} \\ \frac{\partial z}{\partial y}=\frac{d z}{d u} \frac{\partial u}{\partial y} \end{array} \] Consider $\frac{\partial u}{\partial y}=2$ and $\frac{\partial u}{\partial x}=1$ \[ \frac{\partial z}{\partial x}=(1) f^{\prime}(u) \] \[ \frac{\partial z}{\partial y}=(2) f^{\prime}(u) \] So we can write \[ \begin{array}{l} 2 \frac{\partial z}{\partial x}-\frac{\partial z}{\partial y}=2 f^{\prime}(u)-2 f^{\prime}(u) \\ 2 \frac{\partial z}{\partial x}-\frac{\partial z}{\partial y}=0 \end{array} \]
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