Calculus: Early Transcendentals 8th Edition

Published by Cengage Learning
ISBN 10: 1285741552
ISBN 13: 978-1-28574-155-0

Chapter 14 - Review - Concept Check - Page 981: 11

Answer

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Work Step by Step

The chain rule states that when $z=f(x,y)$ is a differentiable function of $x$ and $y$ (where $x=g(s),y=h(s)$ are function of a single variable let us say $s$), then: $\dfrac{dz}{dt}=\dfrac{\partial f}{\partial x}\dfrac{dx}{dt}+\dfrac{\partial f}{\partial y}\dfrac{dy}{dt}$ Also, the chain rule states that when a function $z=f(x,y)$ is a differentiable function of $x$ and $y$ where $x=g(s),y=h(s)$ are functions of two variables (let us say $s,t$), then: $\dfrac{\partial z}{\partial s}=\dfrac{\partial z}{\partial x}\dfrac{\partial x}{\partial s}+\dfrac{\partial z}{\partial y}\dfrac{\partial y}{\partial s}$ and $\dfrac{\partial z}{\partial t}=\dfrac{\partial z}{\partial x}\dfrac{\partial x}{\partial t}+\dfrac{\partial z}{\partial y}\dfrac{\partial y}{\partial t}$
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