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: 32

Answer

$$\frac{\partial z}{\partial x}=5\cos5x\cos5y$$ $$\frac{\partial z}{\partial y}=-5\sin5x\sin5y$$

Work Step by Step

The partial derivative with respect to $x$ is: $$\frac{\partial z}{\partial x}=\frac{\partial }{\partial x}(\sin5x\cos5y)=\cos5y\frac{\partial }{\partial x}(\sin5x)=\cos5y\cos5x\frac{\partial }{\partial x}(5x)=\cos5y\cos5x\cdot5=5\cos5x\cos5y$$ Here is $y$ treated as a constant, so $\cos5y$ is treated as a constant as well. We used chain rule to find partial derivative $\sin5x.$ The partial derivative with respect to $y$ is: $$\frac{\partial z}{\partial y}=\frac{\partial }{\partial y}(\sin5x\cos5y)=\sin5x\frac{\partial }{\partial y}(\cos5y)=\sin5x\cdot(-\sin5y)\frac{\partial }{\partial y}(5y)=-\sin5x\sin5y\cdot5=-5\sin5x\sin5y$$ We treated $x$ here as a constant, as we did with $\sin5x$. We used chain rule to find partial derivative $\frac{\partial }{\partial y}(\cos5y).$
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