Calculus 10th Edition

Published by Brooks Cole
ISBN 10: 1-28505-709-0
ISBN 13: 978-1-28505-709-5

Chapter 6 - Differential Equations - 6.3 Exercises - Page 423: 70

Answer

Homogeneous with a degree of 1

Work Step by Step

Recall that the definition of a homogeneous function is a function that satisfies the following condition $f(tx,ty)=t^nf(x,y)$ where $n$ is the degree. If $f(x,y)=\frac{xy}{\sqrt{x^2+y^2}}$ all we have to do is plug in the point $(tx,ty)$ $f(xt,yt)=\frac{(tx)(ty)}{\sqrt{(tx)^2+(ty)^2}}$ $=\frac{t^2xy}{\sqrt{t^2x^2+t^2y^2}}=\frac{t^2xy}{\sqrt{t^2(x^2+y^2)}}=\frac{t^2xy}{t\sqrt{x^2+y^2}}=\frac{t^1xy}{\sqrt{x^2+y^2}}=tf(x,y)$ So the function is homogeneous with a degree of 1
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