Calculus, 10th Edition (Anton)

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ISBN 10: 0-47064-772-8
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Chapter 13 - Partial Derivatives - 13.5 The Chain Rule - Exercises Set 13.5 - Page 958: 53

Answer

\[ \begin{array}{l} 6 \frac{d w}{d u}=\frac{\partial w}{\partial z}+\frac{\partial w}{\partial y}+\frac{\partial w}{\partial x} \end{array} \]

Work Step by Step

Let $f$ be a differential function of one variable \[ x+2 y+3 z=u \] Let $f(u)=w$ \[ \begin{array}{l} \frac{\partial w}{\partial x}=\frac{d w}{d u} \frac{\partial u}{\partial x} \\ \frac{\partial w}{\partial y}=\frac{d w}{d u} \frac{\partial u}{\partial y} \\ \frac{\partial w}{\partial z}=\frac{d w}{d u} \frac{\partial u}{\partial z} \end{array} \] Let's consider $\frac{\partial u}{\partial z}=3, \quad \frac{\partial u}{\partial y}=2 \quad$ and $\quad \frac{\partial u}{\partial x}=1$ with $\quad \frac{\partial w}{\partial x}=1 f^{\prime}(u), \quad \frac{\partial w}{\partial y}=2 f^{\prime}(u) \quad$ and $\quad \frac{\partial w}{\partial z}=3 f^{\prime}(u)$ Thus, here we can write \[ \begin{array}{l} 1 \int^{\prime}(u)+2 f^{\prime}(u)+3 f^{\prime}(u) =\frac{\partial w}{\partial x}+\frac{\partial w}{\partial y}+\frac{\partial w}{\partial z}\\ \frac{\partial w}{\partial x}+\frac{\partial w}{\partial y}+\frac{\partial w}{\partial z}=6 f^{\prime}(u) \\ 6 \frac{d w}{d u}=\frac{\partial w}{\partial z}+\frac{\partial w}{\partial y}+\frac{\partial w}{\partial x} \end{array} \]
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