Calculus: Early Transcendentals (2nd Edition)

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Chapter 12 - Functions of Several Veriables - 12.4 Partial Derivatives - 12.4 Exercises - Page 904: 26

Answer

$${h_u}\left( {u,v} \right) = - \frac{{{v^2}}}{{2{{\left( {u - v} \right)}^2}}}\sqrt {\frac{{u-v}}{{uv}}} {\text{ and }}{h_v}\left( {u,v} \right) = \frac{{{u^2}}}{{2{{\left( {u - v} \right)}^2}}}\sqrt {\frac{{u-v}}{{uv}}} $$

Work Step by Step

$$\eqalign{ & h\left( {u,v} \right) = \sqrt {\frac{{uv}}{{u - v}}} \cr & {\text{Calculate }}{h_u}\left( {u,v} \right),{\text{ treat }}v{\text{ as a constant}} \cr & {h_u}\left( {u,v} \right) = \frac{\partial }{{\partial u}}\left[ {{{\left( {\frac{{uv}}{{u - v}}} \right)}^{1/2}}} \right] \cr & {h_u}\left( {u,v} \right) = \frac{1}{2}{\left( {\frac{{uv}}{{u - v}}} \right)^{ - 1/2}}\frac{\partial }{{\partial u}}\left[ {\frac{{uv}}{{u - v}}} \right] \cr & {h_u}\left( {u,v} \right) = \frac{1}{2}{\left( {\frac{{uv}}{{u - v}}} \right)^{ - 1/2}}\left( {\frac{{\left( {u - v} \right)v - uv\left( 1 \right)}}{{{{\left( {u - v} \right)}^2}}}} \right) \cr & {h_u}\left( {u,v} \right) = \frac{1}{2}{\left( {\frac{{uv}}{{u - v}}} \right)^{ - 1/2}}\left( {\frac{{uv - {v^2} - uv}}{{{{\left( {u - v} \right)}^2}}}} \right) \cr & {h_u}\left( {u,v} \right) = - \frac{{{v^2}}}{{2{{\left( {u - v} \right)}^2}}}\sqrt {\frac{{u-v}}{{uv}}} \cr & \cr & {\text{Calculate }}{h_v}\left( {u,v} \right),{\text{ treat }}u{\text{ as a constant}} \cr & {h_v}\left( {u,v} \right) = \frac{\partial }{{\partial u}}\left[ {{{\left( {\frac{{u-v}}{{uv}}} \right)}^{1/2}}} \right] \cr & {h_v}\left( {u,v} \right) = \frac{1}{2}{\left( {\frac{{uv}}{{u - v}}} \right)^{ - 1/2}}\frac{\partial }{{\partial u}}\left[ {\frac{{uv}}{{u - v}}} \right] \cr & {h_v}\left( {u,v} \right) = \frac{1}{2}{\left( {\frac{{uv}}{{u - v}}} \right)^{ - 1/2}}\left( {\frac{{\left( {u - v} \right)u - uv\left( { - 1} \right)}}{{{{\left( {u - v} \right)}^2}}}} \right) \cr & {h_v}\left( {u,v} \right) = \frac{1}{2}{\left( {\frac{{uv}}{{u - v}}} \right)^{ - 1/2}}\left( {\frac{{{u^2} - uv + uv}}{{{{\left( {u - v} \right)}^2}}}} \right) \cr & {h_v}\left( {u,v} \right) = \frac{{{u^2}}}{{2{{\left( {u - v} \right)}^2}}}\sqrt {\frac{{u-v}}{{uv}}} \cr & \cr & {h_u}\left( {u,v} \right) = - \frac{{{v^2}}}{{2{{\left( {u - v} \right)}^2}}}\sqrt {\frac{{u-v}}{{uv}}} {\text{ and }}{h_v}\left( {u,v} \right) = \frac{{{u^2}}}{{2{{\left( {u - v} \right)}^2}}}\sqrt {\frac{{u-v}}{{uv}}} \cr} $$
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