Calculus: Early Transcendentals (2nd Edition)

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Chapter 12 - Functions of Several Veriables - Review Exercises - Page 960: 42

Answer

$${g_x}\left( {x,y,z} \right) = \frac{{{y^2}z}}{{{{\left( {x + y} \right)}^2}}},{\text{ }}{g_y}\left( {x,y,z} \right) = \frac{{{x^2}z}}{{{{\left( {x + y} \right)}^2}}}{\text{ and}}\,\,\,\,{g_z}\left( {x,y,z} \right) = \frac{{xy}}{{x + y}}$$

Work Step by Step

$$\eqalign{ & g\left( {x,y,z} \right) = \frac{{xyz}}{{x + y}} \cr & {\text{Find the partial derivatives }}{g_x}\left( {x,y,z} \right){\text{,}}\,\,{g_y}\left( {x,y,z} \right){\text{ and }}{g_z}\left( {x,y} \right){\text{ then}} \cr & {g_x}\left( {x,y,z} \right) = \frac{\partial }{{\partial x}}\left[ {\frac{{xyz}}{{x + y}}} \right] \cr & {\text{treat }}y{\text{ and }}z{\text{ as a constant}}{\text{, use quotient rule}} \cr & {g_x}\left( {x,y,z} \right) = \frac{{\left( {x + y} \right)\left( {yz} \right) - xyz\left( 1 \right)}}{{{{\left( {x + y} \right)}^2}}} \cr & {\text{simplifying}} \cr & {g_x}\left( {x,y,z} \right) = \frac{{xyz + {y^2}z - xyz}}{{{{\left( {x + y} \right)}^2}}} \cr & {g_x}\left( {x,y,z} \right) = \frac{{{y^2}z}}{{{{\left( {x + y} \right)}^2}}} \cr & \cr & {g_y}\left( {x,y,z} \right) = \frac{\partial }{{\partial x}}\left[ {\frac{{xyz}}{{x + y}}} \right] \cr & {\text{treat }}x{\text{ and }}z{\text{ as a constant}}{\text{, use quotient rule}} \cr & {g_y}\left( {x,y,z} \right) = \frac{{\left( {x + y} \right)\left( {xz} \right) - xyz\left( 1 \right)}}{{{{\left( {x + y} \right)}^2}}} \cr & {\text{simplifying}} \cr & {g_y}\left( {x,y,z} \right) = \frac{{{x^2}z + xyz - xyz}}{{{{\left( {x + y} \right)}^2}}} \cr & {g_y}\left( {x,y,z} \right) = \frac{{{x^2}z}}{{{{\left( {x + y} \right)}^2}}} \cr & \cr & and \cr & \cr & {g_z}\left( {x,y,z} \right) = \frac{\partial }{{\partial z}}\left[ {\frac{{xyz}}{{x + y}}} \right] \cr & {\text{treat }}x{\text{ and }}y{\text{ as a constant}}{\text{,}} \cr & {g_z}\left( {x,y,z} \right) = \frac{{xy}}{{x + y}}\frac{\partial }{{\partial z}}\left[ z \right] \cr & {g_z}\left( {x,y,z} \right) = \frac{{xy}}{{x + y}}\left( 1 \right) \cr & {g_z}\left( {x,y,z} \right) = \frac{{xy}}{{x + y}} \cr} $$
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