Calculus: Early Transcendentals 8th Edition

Published by Cengage Learning
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Chapter 14 - Section 14.3 - Partial Derivatives - 14.3 Exercise - Page 926: 85

Answer

$P(L, K_{0})$=$C_{1}(K_{0})\cdot L^{\alpha}$

Work Step by Step

We need to keep $K$ as constant, $K=K_{0}$, Here, $P(L, K_{0})$ shows a function of a single variable $L$, and $ \dfrac{dP}{dL}=\alpha\frac{P}{L}$ shows a separable differential equation. Further, $ \int\dfrac{dP}{P}=\int\alpha \dfrac{dL}{L}$ This gives: $\ln|P|=\alpha\ln|L|+C$ Here, $C=C(K_{0})$ depends on $K_{0}$. $|P|=e^{\alpha\ln|L|+C(K_{0})}$ or, $P=e^{\alpha\ln L} \times e^{C(K_{0})}$ or $=e^{\ln L^{\alpha}}\times e^{C(K_{0})}$ or, $|P|=L^{\alpha}\cdot C_{1}(K_{0});$ Another constant that depends on $K_{0}$. Hence, we have $P(L, K_{0})$=$C_{1}(K_{0})\cdot L^{\alpha}$
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