Calculus: Early Transcendentals (2nd Edition)

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Chapter 12 - Functions of Several Veriables - 12.4 Partial Derivatives - 12.4 Exercises - Page 904: 9

Answer

$${f_x}\left( {x,y} \right) = \frac{1}{y}{\text{ and }}{f_y}\left( {x,y} \right) = - \frac{x}{{{y^2}}}$$

Work Step by Step

$$\eqalign{ & f\left( {x,y} \right) = \frac{x}{y} \cr & {\text{Differentiate by using the limit definition}} \cr & {f_x}\left( {x,y} \right) = \mathop {\lim }\limits_{h \to 0} \frac{{f\left( {x + h,y} \right) - f\left( {x,y} \right)}}{h} \cr & {f_x}\left( {x,y} \right) = \mathop {\lim }\limits_{h \to 0} \frac{{\frac{{x + h}}{y} - \frac{x}{y}}}{h} \cr & {f_x}\left( {x,y} \right) = \mathop {\lim }\limits_{h \to 0} \frac{{\frac{{x + h - x}}{y}}}{h} \cr & {f_x}\left( {x,y} \right) = \mathop {\lim }\limits_{h \to 0} \frac{1}{y} \cr & {\text{Evaluate the limit}} \cr & {f_x}\left( {x,y} \right) = \frac{1}{y} \cr & \cr & {f_y}\left( {x,y} \right) = \mathop {\lim }\limits_{h \to 0} \frac{{\frac{x}{{y + h}} - \frac{x}{y}}}{h} \cr & {f_y}\left( {x,y} \right) = \mathop {\lim }\limits_{h \to 0} \frac{{\frac{{xy - xy - hx}}{{y\left( {y + h} \right)}}}}{h} \cr & {f_y}\left( {x,y} \right) = \mathop {\lim }\limits_{h \to 0} \frac{{\frac{{ - hx}}{{y\left( {y + h} \right)}}}}{h} \cr & {f_y}\left( {x,y} \right) = - \mathop {\lim }\limits_{h \to 0} \frac{{hx}}{{hy\left( {y + h} \right)}} \cr & {f_y}\left( {x,y} \right) = - \mathop {\lim }\limits_{h \to 0} \frac{x}{{y\left( {y + h} \right)}} \cr & {\text{Evaluate the limit}} \cr & {f_y}\left( {x,y} \right) = - \frac{x}{{y\left( {y + 0} \right)}} \cr & {f_y}\left( {x,y} \right) = - \frac{x}{{{y^2}}} \cr} $$
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