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 - 13.3 Exercises - Page 896: 15

Answer

$$\frac{\partial f(x,y)}{\partial x}=ye^{xy}$$ $$\frac{\partial f(x,y)}{\partial y}=xe^{xy}$$

Work Step by Step

We will use chain rule to solve both partial derivatives. The partial derivative with respect to $x$ is: $$\frac{\partial f(x,y)}{\partial x}=\frac{\partial }{\partial x}(e^{xy})=e^{xy}\frac{\partial}{\partial x}(xy)=ye^{xy}$$ because $y$ is treated as a constant. The partial derivative with respect to $y$ is: $$\frac{\partial f(x,y)}{\partial y}=\frac{\partial }{\partial y}(e^{xy})=e^{xy}\frac{\partial }{\partial y}(xy)=xe^{xy}$$ because here $x$ is treated as a constant.
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