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: 39

Answer

$$ (a) \text{Degree of homogeneity: } n=0$$ $$ (b)\ \ x f_{x}(x, y)+y f_{y}(x, y) =0=(0) f(x, y) $$

Work Step by Step

Given$$f(x, y)=e^{\frac{x}{y}}$$ \begin{array}{l}{\text { (a) since } } \\ { \qquad f(t x, t y)=e^{\frac{tx}{ty}}==e^{\frac{x}{y}}=t^{0} f(x, y) } \\ {\text { So, Degree of homogeneity: } }n=0 \end{array} Since $$f_x(x,y)=\frac{\partial f(x,y)}{\partial y}= \frac{1}{y}e^{\frac{x}{y}}$$ $$f_y(x,y)=\frac{\partial f(x,y)}{\partial y}=-\frac{x}{y^2}e^{\frac{x}{y}}$$ So, we get \begin{align} \text { (b) } x f_{x}(x, y)+y f_{y}(x, y)&=x\left(\frac{1}{y}e^{\frac{x}{y}}\right)+y\left(-\frac{x}{y^2}e^{\frac{x}{y}}\right)\\ & =\frac{x}{y}e^{\frac{x}{y}}-\frac{x}{y}e^{\frac{x}{y}}\\ &=0 \\ &=(0)f(x, y) \end{align}
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