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: 18

Answer

$$\frac{\partial z}{\partial x}=-\frac{y^2}{x^2}e^{y/x}$$ $$\frac{\partial z}{\partial y}=e^{y/x}+e^{y/x}\frac{y}{x}$$

Work Step by Step

The partial derivative derivative with respect to $x$ is: $$\frac{\partial z}{\partial x}=\frac{\partial }{\partial x}(ye^{y/x})=y\frac{\partial }{\partial x}(e^{y/x})=ye^{y/x}\frac{\partial }{\partial x}(\frac{y}{x})=ye^{y/x}\cdot(-\frac{y}{x^2})=-\frac{y^2}{x^2}e^{y/x}$$ because $y$ is treated as a constant. Also, we used chain rule to find $\frac{\partial }{\partial x}(e^{y/x}).$ To solve the partial derivative with respect to $y$ we will use prodact rule. The partial derivative with respect to $y$ is: $$\frac{\partial z}{\partial y}=\frac{\partial }{\partial y}(ye^{y/x})=e^{y/x}\frac{\partial }{\partial y}(y)+y\frac{\partial }{\partial y}(e^{y/x})=e^{y/x}\cdot1+y\cdot e^{y/x}\frac{\partial }{\partial y}({\frac{y}{x}})=e^{y/x}+ye^{y/x}\cdot\frac{1}{x}=e^{y/x}+e^{y/x}\frac{y}{x}$$ because here $x$ is treated as a constant. We used chain rule to find $\frac{\partial }{\partial y}(e^{y/x}).$$
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