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: 43

Answer

$$\frac{\partial f(\pi,0)}{\partial x}=-1$$ $$\frac{\partial f(\pi,0)}{\partial y}=0$$

Work Step by Step

The partial derivative with the respect to $x$ is: $$\frac{\partial f(x,y)}{\partial x}=\frac{\partial }{\partial x}(e^y\sin x)=e^y\frac{\partial }{\partial x}(\sin x)=e^y\cos x,$$ because $y$ is treated as a constant. The partial derivative with the respect to $y$ is: $$\frac{\partial f(x,y)}{\partial y}=\frac{\partial }{\partial y}(e^y\sin x)=\sin x\frac{\partial }{\partial y }(e^y)=e^y\sin x,$$ because now $x$ is treated as a constant. Now we will evaluate these partial derivatives in the given point $(x,y)=(\pi,0)$: $$\frac{\partial f(\pi,0)}{\partial x}=\left.e^y\cos x\right|_{(x,y)=(\pi,0)}=e^0\cos\pi=1\cdot(-1)=-1$$ $$\frac{\partial f(\pi,0)}{\partial y}=\left.e^y\sin x\right|_{(x,y)=(\pi,0)}=e^0\sin \pi=1\cdot0=0$$
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