Calculus: Early Transcendentals 8th Edition

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

Chapter 14 - Section 14.5 - The Chain Rule. - 14.5 Exercise - Page 944: 31

Answer

$z_x=-\dfrac{x}{3z}$ and $z_y=-\dfrac{2y}{3z}$

Work Step by Step

Recall Equation 7 such as: $z_x=-\dfrac{F_x}{F_z}$ and $z_y=-\dfrac{F_y}{F_z}$ ...(1) Given: $x^2+2y^2+3z^2=1$ $\implies x^2+2y^2+3z^2-1=0$ Let us consider that $F(x,y,z)=x^2+2y^2+3z^2-1=0$ $F_x=2x\\ F_y=4y\\F_z=6z$ Now, we have $z_x=-\dfrac{F_x}{F_z}=-\dfrac{2x}{6z}=-\dfrac{x}{3z}$ and $z_y=-\dfrac{F_y}{F_z}=-\dfrac{4y}{6z}=-\dfrac{2y}{3z}$ and $z_x=-\dfrac{x}{3z}\\z_y=-\dfrac{2y}{3z}$
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