Calculus 10th Edition

Published by Brooks Cole
ISBN 10: 1-28505-709-0
ISBN 13: 978-1-28505-709-5

Chapter 13 - Functions of Several Variables - 13.2 Exercises - Page 888: 46

Answer

$$0$$

Work Step by Step

$$\eqalign{ & \mathop {\lim }\limits_{\left( {x,y} \right) \to \left( {0,0} \right)} \frac{{{x^2} - {y^2}}}{{\sqrt {{x^2} + {y^2}} }} \cr & {\text{Rewrite the limit using polar coordinates}} \cr & x = r\cos \theta ,{\text{ }}y = r\sin \theta \cr & \left( {x,y} \right) \to \left( {0,0} \right),{\text{so }}r \to 0 \cr & {\text{Substituting}} \cr & \mathop {\lim }\limits_{\left( {x,y} \right) \to \left( {0,0} \right)} \frac{{{x^2} - {y^2}}}{{\sqrt {{x^2} + {y^2}} }} \Rightarrow \mathop {\lim }\limits_{r \to 0} \frac{{{{\left( {r\cos \theta } \right)}^2} - {{\left( {r\sin \theta } \right)}^2}}}{{\sqrt {{{\left( {r\cos \theta } \right)}^2} + {{\left( {r\sin \theta } \right)}^2}} }} \cr & = \mathop {\lim }\limits_{r \to 0} \frac{{{r^2}{{\cos }^2}\theta - {r^2}{{\sin }^2}\theta }}{{\sqrt {{r^2}\left( {{{\cos }^2}\theta + {{\sin }^2}\theta } \right)} }} \cr & = \mathop {\lim }\limits_{r \to 0} \frac{{{r^2}\left( {{{\cos }^2}\theta - {{\sin }^2}\theta } \right)}}{r} \cr & = \mathop {\lim }\limits_{r \to 0} r\left( {{{\cos }^2}\theta - {{\sin }^2}\theta } \right) \cr & {\text{Evaluate the limit when }}r \to 0 \cr & = \left( 0 \right)\left( {{{\cos }^2}\theta - {{\sin }^2}\theta } \right) \cr & = 0 \cr & {\text{Then, we can conclude that}} \cr & \mathop {\lim }\limits_{\left( {x,y} \right) \to \left( {0,0} \right)} \frac{{{x^2} - {y^2}}}{{\sqrt {{x^2} + {y^2}} }} = 0 \cr} $$
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