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: 56

Answer

$$\frac{\partial w}{\partial x}=\frac{7yz}{(x+y)^2}$$ $$\frac{\partial w}{\partial y}=-\frac{7xz}{(x+y)^2}$$ $$\frac{\partial w}{\partial z}=\frac{7x}{x+y}$$

Work Step by Step

We will use quotient rule to find partial derivative with respect to $x$: $$\frac{\partial w}{\partial x}=\frac{\partial }{\partial x}\left(\frac{7xz}{x+y}\right)=\frac{(x+y)\frac{\partial }{\partial x}(7xz)-7xz\frac{\partial }{\partial x}(x+y)}{(x+y)^2}=\frac{(x+y)\cdot7z-7xz\cdot1}{(x+y)^2}=\frac{7xz+7yz-7xz}{(x+y)^2}=\frac{7yz}{(x+y)^2}$$ Here $y$ and $z$ are treated as a constant. We will use chain rule to find partial derivative with respect to $y$: $$\frac{\partial w}{\partial y}=\frac{\partial }{\partial y}\left(\frac{7xz}{x+y}\right)=7xz\frac{\partial }{\partial y}\left(\frac{1}{x+y}\right)=7xz\frac{-1}{(x+y)^2}\frac{\partial }{\partial y}(x+y)=-\frac{7xz}{(x+y)^2}\cdot1=-\frac{7xz}{(x+y)^2}$$ $x$ and $z$ are treated as a constant here. The partial derivative with respect to $z$ is: $$\frac{\partial w}{\partial z}=\frac{\partial }{\partial z}\left(\frac{7xz}{x+y}\right)=\frac{7x}{x+y}\frac{\partial }{\partial z}(z)=\frac{7x}{x+y}\cdot1=\frac{7x}{x+y}$$ Because $x$ and $y$ are treated as a constant, $\frac{7x}{x+y}$ is treated as a constant as well.
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