Calculus: Early Transcendentals 8th Edition

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

Chapter 16 - Section 16.1 - Vector Fields - 16.1 Exercise - Page 1074: 23

Answer

$\frac{x}{\sqrt {x^{2}+y^{2}+z^{2}}}i+\frac{y}{\sqrt {x^{2}+y^{2}+z^{2}}}j+\frac{z}{\sqrt {x^{2}+y^{2}+z^{2}}} k$

Work Step by Step

Use chain rule of differentiation: $f_x(x,y,z)=\frac{x}{\sqrt {x^{2}+y^{2}+z^{2}}}$ $f_y(x,y,z)=\frac{y}{\sqrt {x^{2}+y^{2}+z^{2}}}$ $f_z(x,y,z)=\frac{z}{\sqrt {x^{2}+y^{2}+z^{2}}}$ Gradient vector field of $f$ is: $\frac{x}{\sqrt {x^{2}+y^{2}+z^{2}}}i+\frac{y}{\sqrt {x^{2}+y^{2}+z^{2}}}j+\frac{z}{\sqrt {x^{2}+y^{2}+z^{2}}} k$
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