Thomas' Calculus 13th Edition

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Chapter 14: Partial Derivatives - Practice Exercises - Page 865: 47

Answer

$4x-y-5z=4$ and $x=2+4t; y=-1-t; z=1-5t$

Work Step by Step

Formula to calculate the vector equation is:$\nabla f(r_0) \cdot (r-r_0)=0$ As we know that the equation of tangent for $\nabla f( 2,-1,1)=\lt 4,-1,-5 \gt$ is given by $4(x-2)-1(y+1)-5(z-1)=0 \implies 4x-8-y-1-5z+5 =0$ Thus, $4x-y-5z=4$ The parametric equations $r-r_0+\nabla f(r_0) t$ for $\nabla f( 2,-1,1)=\lt 4,-1,-5 \gt$ are given as follows: Thus, $x=2+4t; y=-1-t; z=1-5t$
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