Calculus, 10th Edition (Anton)

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Chapter 13 - Partial Derivatives - 13.9 Lagrange Multipliers - Exercises Set 13.9 - Page 996: 14

Answer

False

Work Step by Step

The given statement is false. After all, the gradients must be related to each other by some scalar multiplier, $\lambda$. It is important to note that this scalar multiplier should not be one as the gradients should not be equal.
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