Calculus: Early Transcendentals (2nd Edition)

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Chapter 12 - Functions of Several Veriables - 12.5 The Chain Rule - 12.5 Exercises - Page 914: 45

Answer

$$\frac{{\partial z}}{{\partial x}} = - \frac{{{z^2}}}{{{x^2}}}$$

Work Step by Step

$$\eqalign{ & {\text{Let }}\frac{1}{x} + \frac{1}{y} + \frac{1}{z} = 1 \cr & {x^{ - 1}} + {y^{ - 1}} + {z^{ - 1}} = 1 \cr & {\text{Find }}\frac{{\partial z}}{{\partial x}},{\text{ differentiate both sides}} \cr & \frac{\partial }{{\partial x}}\left[ {{x^{ - 1}}} \right] + \frac{\partial }{{\partial x}}\left[ {{y^{ - 1}}} \right] + \frac{\partial }{{\partial x}}\left[ {{z^{ - 1}}} \right] = \frac{\partial }{{\partial x}}\left[ 1 \right] \cr & - {x^{ - 2}} - {z^{ - 2}}\frac{{\partial z}}{{\partial x}} = 0 \cr & {\text{Solve for }}\frac{{\partial z}}{{\partial x}} \cr & - {z^{ - 2}}\frac{{\partial z}}{{\partial x}} = {x^{ - 2}} \cr & \frac{{\partial z}}{{\partial x}} = - \frac{{{x^{ - 2}}}}{{{z^{ - 2}}}} \cr & \frac{{\partial z}}{{\partial x}} = - \frac{{{z^2}}}{{{x^2}}} \cr} $$
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