University Calculus: Early Transcendentals (3rd Edition)

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

Chapter 13 - Section 13.3 - Partial Derivatives - Exercises - Page 703: 67

Answer

$\dfrac{\partial (A)}{\partial a}=\dfrac{a}{bc \sin A}$ and $\dfrac{\partial (A)}{\partial b}=\dfrac{c \cos A -b}{bc \sin A}$

Work Step by Step

The law of cosines are defined as: $a^2=b^2+c^2-2bc \cos A$ We need to differentiate the $a^2=b^2+c^2-2bc \cos A$ with respect to $a$ . $2a =-2bc (-\sin A \dfrac{\partial (A)}{\partial a}$ Simplify: $\dfrac{\partial (A)}{\partial a}=\dfrac{a}{bc \sin A}$ $0 =2b-2c \cos A-2bc (-\sin A \dfrac{\partial (A)}{\partial b}$ $\implies \dfrac{\partial (A)}{\partial b}=\dfrac{2c \cos A -2b}{2bc \sin A}=\dfrac{c \cos A -b}{bc \sin A}$
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