Calculus 8th Edition

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Chapter 14 - Partial Derivatives - 14.5 The Chain Rule - 14.5 Exercises - Page 985: 47

Answer

$\dfrac{\partial }{\partial x}(x^2 \dfrac{\partial z}{\partial x})=x^2 \dfrac{\partial^2 z}{\partial y^2}$

Work Step by Step

Let us suppose that $a=x-y$ and $ b=x+y$ Now, $\dfrac{\partial z}{\partial x}=-\dfrac{[f(a)+f(b)}{x^2}+\dfrac{[f'(a)+f'(b)}{x}$ $\implies x^2[\dfrac{\partial z}{\partial x}]=-x^2[\dfrac{[f(a)+f(b)}{x^2}+\dfrac{[f'(a)+f'(b)}{x}]$ Next, $z_{xx}=x[f''(a)+g''(b)]$ and $z_y=x[-\dfrac{[f'(a)+f'(b)}{x^2}]$ and $z_{yy}=\dfrac{x[f''(a)+g''(b)]}{x^2} \times x^2$ So, it has been verified that $\dfrac{\partial }{\partial x}(x^2 \dfrac{\partial z}{\partial x})=x^2 \dfrac{\partial^2 z}{\partial y^2}$
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