Calculus: Early Transcendentals 8th Edition

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Chapter 14 - Section 14.5 - The Chain Rule. - 14.5 Exercise - Page 943: 2

Answer

$$\frac{dz}{dt}=\frac{6\pi}{(x+2y)^{2}}=\frac{6\pi}{(e^{\pi t}+2e^{-\pi t})^{2}}$$

Work Step by Step

By the Chain rule, we have $$\frac{dz}{dt}=\frac{\partial{z}}{\partial{x}}\frac{dx}{dt}+\frac{\partial{z}}{\partial{y}}\frac{dy}{dt}$$ $$\Rightarrow\frac{dz}{dt}=\frac{(1)(x+2y)-(x-y)(1)}{(x+2y)^{2}}\cdot(\pi e^{\pi t})+\frac{(-1)(x+2y)-(x-y)(2)}{(x+2y)^{2}}\cdot(-\pi e^{-\pi t})$$ $$\Rightarrow\frac{dz}{dt}=\frac{3y\cdot(\pi e^{\pi t})}{(x+2y)^{2}}+\frac{(-3x)\cdot(-\pi e^{-\pi t})}{(x+2y)^{2}}=\frac{3\pi}{(x+2y)^{2}}(ye^{\pi t}+xe^{-\pi t})$$ Plug in $x=e^{\pi t}$ and $y=e^{-\pi t}$, therefore we obtain $$\frac{dz}{dt}=\frac{3\pi}{(e^{\pi t}+2e^{-\pi t})^{2}}(e^{-\pi t}\cdot e^{\pi t}+e^{\pi t}\cdot e^{-\pi t})=\frac{3\pi}{(e^{\pi t}+2e^{-\pi t})^{2}}(1+1)=\frac{6\pi}{(e^{\pi t}+2e^{-\pi t})^{2}}$$
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