Calculus, 10th Edition (Anton)

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Chapter 13 - Partial Derivatives - 13.5 The Chain Rule - Exercises Set 13.5 - Page 958: 52

Answer

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

Work Step by Step

Let $f$ be a differential function of one variable: \[ \left(y^{2}+x^{2}\right)f=z \] Let $u=y^{2}+x^{2}, \quad f(u)=z$ \[ \begin{array}{l} \frac{\partial z}{\partial x}=\frac{d z}{d u} \frac{\partial u}{\partial x} \\ \frac{\partial z}{\partial y}=\frac{d z}{d u} \frac{\partial u}{\partial y} \end{array} \] Let's consider $\frac{\partial u}{\partial y}=2 y$ and $\frac{\partial u}{\partial x}=2 x,$ \[ \frac{\partial z}{\partial y}=2 y f^{\prime}(u) \] \[ \frac{\partial z}{\partial x}=2 x f^{\prime}(u) \] Thus, here we can write \[ \begin{array}{l} y \frac{\partial z}{\partial x}-x \frac{\partial z}{\partial y}=2 x y f^{\prime}(u)-2 x y f^{\prime}(u) \\ 0=-x \frac{\partial z}{\partial y}+y \frac{\partial z}{\partial x} \end{array} \]
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