University Calculus: Early Transcendentals (3rd Edition)

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ISBN 10: 0321999584
ISBN 13: 978-0-32199-958-0

Chapter 13 - Practice Exercises - Page 750: 29

Answer

$$-1$$

Work Step by Step

$$w=\sin(xy+\pi)$$ Find the partial derivatives at $t=0$: $$x_t=e^{t}=1; \\y=\ln(t+1)=0; \\y_t=\dfrac{1}{t+1}=1$$ and $$w_{x}=y \ \cos(xy+\pi) \implies w_{x}=0;\\w_{y}=x \ \cos(xy+\pi)=-1$$ So, $$w_t=w_{x}\dfrac{dx}{dt}+w_{y}\dfrac{dy}{dt}=-1$$
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