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Calculus 10th Edition

Published by Brooks Cole
ISBN 10: 1-28505-709-0
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Chapter 13 - Functions of Several Variables - 13.3 Exercises - Page 896: 22

Answer

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

Work Step by Step

We will use chain rule to find both partial derivatives. The partial derivative with respect to $x$ is: $$\frac{\partial z}{\partial x}=\frac{\partial }{\partial x}\left(\ln\left(\frac{x+y}{x-y}\right)\right)=\frac{1}{\frac{x+y}{x-y}}\frac{\partial }{\partial x}\left(\frac{x+y}{x-y}\right)=\frac{x-y}{x+y}\frac{(x-y)\frac{\partial }{\partial x}(x+y)-(x+y)\frac{\partial }{\partial x}(x-y)}{(x-y)^2}= \frac{x-y}{x+y}\frac{(x-y)\cdot1-(x+y)\cdot1}{(x-y)^2}=\frac{1}{x+y}\frac{x-y-x-y}{x-y}=-2\frac{y}{(x+y)(x-y)}=\frac{2y}{y^2-x^2}$$ Here is $y$ treated as a constant. We used quotient rule to find partial derivative $\frac{\partial }{\partial x}\left(\frac{x+y}{x-y}\right).$ The partial derivative with respect to $y$ is: $$\frac{\partial z}{\partial y}=\frac{\partial }{\partial y}\left(\ln\left(\frac{x+y}{x-y}\right)\right)=\frac{1}{\frac{x+y}{x-y}}\frac{\partial }{\partial y}\left(\frac{x+y}{x-y}\right)=\frac{x-y}{x+y}\frac{(x-y)\frac{\partial }{\partial y}(x+y)-(x+y)\frac{\partial }{\partial y}(x-y)}{(x-y)^2} =\frac{x-y}{x+y}\frac{(x-y)\cdot1-(x+y)\cdot(-1)}{(x-y)^2}=\frac{1}{x+y}\frac{x-y+x+y}{x-y}=\frac{2x}{x^2-y^2}$$ because now $x$ is treated as a constant. We also used quotient rule to find partial derivative $\frac{\partial }{\partial y}\left(\frac{x+y}{x-y}\right).$
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