University Calculus: Early Transcendentals (3rd Edition)

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Chapter 13 - Section 13.3 - Partial Derivatives - Exercises - Page 702: 51

Answer

$w_{xy}=w_{yx}=\dfrac{-6}{(2x+3y)^2}$

Work Step by Step

Our aim is to take the first partial derivative of the given function $w(x,y)$ with respect to $x$, by treating $y$ as a constant and vice versa: $w_x=\dfrac{2}{2x+3y} \\w_y=\dfrac{3}{2x+3y}$ Compute seond partial derivatives: $w_{xy}=\dfrac{(2x+3y)(0)-(2)(3)}{(2x+3y)^2}=\dfrac{-6}{(2x+3y)^2}$ and $w_{yx}=\dfrac{(2x+3y)(0)-(3)(2)}{(2x+3y)^2}=\dfrac{-6}{(2x+3y)^2}$ and $w_{xy}=w_{yx}=\dfrac{-6}{(2x+3y)^2}$
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