Calculus (3rd Edition)

Published by W. H. Freeman
ISBN 10: 1464125260
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Chapter 15 - Differentiation in Several Variables - 15.4 Differentiability and Tangent Planes - Exercises - Page 789: 7

Answer

$$z=4 r-5 s+2$$

Work Step by Step

Given $$F(r, s)=r^{2} s^{-1 / 2}+s^{-3}, \quad(2,1)$$ Since \begin{align*} F(r, s)&=r^{2} s^{-1 / 2}+s^{-3}\ \ \ \ & F(2,1)&=5 \\ F_r(r, s)&=2rs^{-1/2} \ \ \ \ & F_r(2,1)&= 4\\ F_s(r, s)&= \frac{-1}{2} r^2s^{-3/2}-3s^{-4} \ \ \ \ & F_s(2,1)&= -5 \\ \end{align*} Then the tangent plane at $(2,1)$ is given by \begin{align*} z&= F(2,1)+ F_r(2,1)(r-2)+ F_s(2,1)(s-1)\\ &=5+4(r-2)-5(s-1)\\ &=4 r-5 s+2 \end{align*}
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