Calculus: Early Transcendentals 8th Edition

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Chapter 14 - Section 14.3 - Partial Derivatives - 14.3 Exercise - Page 925: 48

Answer

$ \frac{\partial z }{\partial x}=\frac{x}{(1-z)}$ $\frac{\partial z }{\partial y}=\frac{y}{(z -1)}$

Work Step by Step

$$ x^{2}-y^{2}+z^{2}-2z=4 $$ To find $\frac{\partial z}{\partial x}$, we differentiate implicitly with respect to x, being careful to treat $y$ as a constant: $$ \begin{aligned} \frac{\partial }{\partial x} (x^{2}-y^{2}+z^{2}-2z) &=\frac{\partial }{\partial x} (4)\\ \frac{\partial }{\partial x} (x^{2})-\frac{\partial }{\partial x} ( y^{2}) + \frac{\partial }{\partial x} (z^{2} )-2\frac{\partial }{\partial x} (z )&=\frac{\partial }{\partial x} (1) \\ 2x -(0)+(2z \frac{\partial z }{\partial x})) -2\frac{\partial z }{\partial x}&=(0) \\ 2x +2z \frac{\partial z }{\partial x} -2\frac{\partial z }{\partial x}&=0 \\ 2x +2\frac{\partial z }{\partial x} (z -1)&=0 \\ 2\frac{\partial z }{\partial x} (z -1)&=-2x \\ \frac{\partial z }{\partial x} &=\frac{-x}{(z -1)}\\ &=\frac{x}{(1-z)}. \end{aligned} $$ To find $\frac{\partial z}{\partial y}$, we differentiate implicitly with respect to $y$, being careful to treat $x$ as a constant: $$ \begin{aligned} \frac{\partial }{\partial y} (x^{2}-y^{2}+z^{2}-2z) &=\frac{\partial }{\partial y} (4)\\ \frac{\partial }{\partial y} (x^{2})-\frac{\partial }{\partial y} ( y^{2}) + \frac{\partial }{\partial y} (z^{2} )-2\frac{\partial }{\partial y} (z )&=\frac{\partial }{\partial y} (4) \\ 2(0) -2(y)+(2z \frac{\partial z }{\partial y})) -2\frac{\partial z }{\partial y}&=(0) \\ -2y +2z \frac{\partial z }{\partial y} -2\frac{\partial z }{\partial y}&=0 \\ -2y +2\frac{\partial z }{\partial y} (z -1)&=0 \\ 2\frac{\partial z }{\partial y} (z -1)&=2y \\ \frac{\partial z }{\partial y} &=\frac{y}{(z -1)}\\ \end{aligned} $$
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