Calculus: Early Transcendentals (2nd Edition)

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Chapter 12 - Functions of Several Veriables - 12.4 Partial Derivatives - 12.4 Exercises - Page 904: 28

Answer

$${f_x}\left( {x,y} \right) = \sqrt {{y^3}} \,\,\,\,\,\,\,\,\,\,\,\,{f_y}\left( {x,y} \right) = \frac{3}{2}x\sqrt y $$

Work Step by Step

$$\eqalign{ & f\left( {x,y} \right) = \sqrt {{x^2}{y^3}} \cr & f\left( {x,y} \right) = \sqrt {{x^2}} \sqrt {{y^3}} \cr & f\left( {x,y} \right) = x\sqrt {{y^3}} \cr & \cr & {\text{Find the partial derivatives }}{f_x}\left( {x,y} \right){\text{ and }}{f_y}\left( {x,y} \right){\text{ then}} \cr & {f_x}\left( {x,y} \right) = \frac{\partial }{{\partial x}}\left[ {x\sqrt {{y^3}} } \right] \cr & {\text{treat }}y{\text{ as a constant}}{\text{,}} \cr & {f_x}\left( {x,y} \right) = \sqrt {{y^3}} \frac{\partial }{{\partial x}}\left[ x \right] \cr & {f_x}\left( {x,y} \right) = \sqrt {{y^3}} \left( 1 \right) \cr & {f_x}\left( {x,y} \right) = \sqrt {{y^3}} \cr & \cr & and \cr & \cr & {f_y}\left( {x,y} \right) = \frac{\partial }{{\partial y}}\left[ {x\sqrt {{y^3}} } \right] \cr & {\text{treat }}x{\text{ as a constant}}{\text{, then }} \cr & {f_y}\left( {x,y} \right) = x\frac{\partial }{{\partial y}}\left[ {{y^{3/2}}} \right] \cr & {f_y}\left( {x,y} \right) = x\left( {\frac{3}{2}{y^{1/2}}} \right) \cr & {f_y}\left( {x,y} \right) = \frac{3}{2}x{y^{1/2}} \cr & {f_y}\left( {x,y} \right) = \frac{3}{2}x\sqrt y \cr} $$
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