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 - 13.5 Exercises - Page 913: 36

Answer

\begin{aligned} \frac{\partial w }{\partial x} =\frac{1}{2\sqrt{x-y}} \\ \end{aligned} \begin{aligned} \frac{\partial w }{\partial y} =\frac{-1}{2\sqrt{x-y}}+\frac{1}{2\sqrt{y-z}} \\ \end{aligned} \begin{aligned} \frac{\partial w }{\partial z}= \frac{-1}{2\sqrt{y-z}} \\ \end{aligned}

Work Step by Step

Given $$w-\sqrt{x-y}-\sqrt{y-z}=0$$ by letting $$F(x,y,z,w)= w-\sqrt{x-y}-\sqrt{y-z}$$ So, we have $$F_x(x,y,z,w)=\frac{\partial F(x,y,z,w)}{\partial x}=\frac{-1}{2\sqrt{x-y}}\\ $$ $$F_y(x,y,z,w)=\frac{\partial F(x,y,z,w)}{\partial y}= \frac{1}{2\sqrt{x-y}}+\frac{-1}{2\sqrt{y-z}}$$ $$F_z(x,y,z,w)=\frac{\partial F(x,y,z,w)}{\partial z}=\frac{1}{2\sqrt{y-z}}$$ $$F_w(x,y,z,w)=\frac{\partial F(x,y,z,w)}{\partial w}=1$$ Also, we get \begin{aligned} \frac{\partial w }{\partial x}&=-\frac{F_{x}(x, y,z,w)}{F_{w}(x, y,z,w)} \\ &=-\frac{\frac{-1}{2\sqrt{x-y}}}{1} \\ &=\frac{1}{2\sqrt{x-y}} \\ \end{aligned} \begin{aligned} \frac{\partial w }{\partial y}&=-\frac{F_{y}(x, y,z,w)}{F_{w}(x, y,z,w)} \\ &=-\frac{\frac{1}{2\sqrt{x-y}}+\frac{-1}{2\sqrt{y-z}}}{1} \\ &=\frac{-1}{2\sqrt{x-y}}+\frac{1}{2\sqrt{y-z}} \\ \end{aligned}\begin{aligned} \frac{\partial w }{\partial z}&=-\frac{F_{z}(x, y,z,w)}{F_{w}(x, y,z,w)} \\ &=-\frac{ \frac{1}{2\sqrt{y-z}}}{1} \\ &= -\frac{1}{2\sqrt{y-z}} \\ \end{aligned}
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