Calculus: Early Transcendentals (2nd Edition)

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Chapter 12 - Functions of Several Veriables - 12.4 Partial Derivatives - 12.4 Exercises - Page 904: 7

Answer

$${f_x}\left( {x,y} \right) = 5y{\text{ and }}{f_y}\left( {x,y} \right) = 5x$$

Work Step by Step

$$\eqalign{ & f\left( {x,y} \right) = 5xy \cr & {\text{Differentiate by using the limit definition}} \cr & {f_x}\left( {x,y} \right) = \mathop {\lim }\limits_{h \to 0} \frac{{f\left( {x + h,y} \right) - f\left( {x,y} \right)}}{h} \cr & {f_x}\left( {x,y} \right) = \mathop {\lim }\limits_{h \to 0} \frac{{5\left( {x + h} \right)y - 5xy}}{h} \cr & {f_x}\left( {x,y} \right) = \mathop {\lim }\limits_{h \to 0} \frac{{5xy + 5hy - 5xy}}{h} \cr & {f_x}\left( {x,y} \right) = \mathop {\lim }\limits_{h \to 0} \frac{{5hy}}{h} \cr & {f_x}\left( {x,y} \right) = \mathop {\lim }\limits_{h \to 0} 5y \cr & {\text{Evaluate the limit}} \cr & {f_x}\left( {x,y} \right) = 5y \cr & \cr & {f_y}\left( {x,y} \right) = \mathop {\lim }\limits_{h \to 0} \frac{{f\left( {x,y + h} \right) - f\left( {x,y} \right)}}{h} \cr & {f_y}\left( {x,y} \right) = \mathop {\lim }\limits_{h \to 0} \frac{{5x\left( {y + h} \right) - 5xy}}{h} \cr & {f_y}\left( {x,y} \right) = \mathop {\lim }\limits_{h \to 0} \frac{{5xy + 5xh - 5xy}}{h} \cr & {f_y}\left( {x,y} \right) = \mathop {\lim }\limits_{h \to 0} \frac{{5xh}}{h} \cr & {f_y}\left( {x,y} \right) = \mathop {\lim }\limits_{h \to 0} 5x \cr & {\text{Evaluate the limit}} \cr & {f_y}\left( {x,y} \right) = 5x \cr} $$
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