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: 26

Answer

$$\frac{\partial g(x,y)}{\partial x}=\frac{x}{x^2+y^2}$$ $$\frac{\partial g(x,y)}{\partial y}=\frac{y}{x^2+y^2}$$

Work Step by Step

The partial derivative with respect to $x$ is: $$\frac{\partial g(x,y)}{\partial x}=\frac{\partial }{\partial x}(\ln\sqrt{x^2+y^2})=\frac{1}{\sqrt{x^2+y^2}}\frac{\partial }{\partial x}(\sqrt{x^2+y^2})=\frac{1}{\sqrt{x^2+y^2}}\cdot\frac{1}{2\sqrt{x^2+y^2}}\frac{\partial }{\partial x}(x^2+y^2)=\frac{1}{2(x^2+y^2)}\cdot2x=\frac{x}{x^2+y^2}$$ Here $y$ is treated as a constant. Also, we used chain rule to find partial derivatives $\frac{\partial }{\partial x}(\ln\sqrt{x^2+y^2})$ and $\frac{\partial }{\partial x}(\sqrt{x^2+y^2}).$ The partial derivative with respect to $y$ is: $$\frac{\partial g(x,y)}{\partial y}=\frac{\partial }{\partial y}(\ln\sqrt{x^2+y^2})=\frac{1}{\sqrt{x^2+y^2}}\frac{\partial }{\partial y}(\sqrt{x^2+y^2})=\frac{1}{\sqrt{x^2+y^2}}\frac{1}{2\sqrt{x^2+y^2}}\frac{\partial }{\partial y}(x^2+y^2)=\frac{1}{2(x^2+y^2)}\cdot2y=\frac{y}{x^2+y^2}$$ Now is $x$ treated as a constant. Again, we used chain rule to find partial derivatives $\frac{\partial }{\partial y}(\ln\sqrt{x^2+y^2})$ and $\frac{\partial }{\partial y}(\sqrt{x^2+y^2}).$
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