University Calculus: Early Transcendentals (3rd Edition)

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Chapter 13 - Section 13.6 - Tangent Planes and Differentials - Exercises - Page 728: 16

Answer

$x=\dfrac{1}{2}-t; y=1; z=\dfrac{1}{2}+t$

Work Step by Step

Consider $f(x,y,z)=x+y^2+z-2=0$ Since, we have the vector equation $r(x,y,z)=r_0+t \nabla f(r_0)$ The equation of the tangent line is: $v=- i +k$ Thus, the parametric equations for $\nabla f(\dfrac{1}{2},1,\dfrac{1}{2})=\lt -1,0,1 \gt$ are $x=\dfrac{1}{2}-t; y=1+0t=1; z=\dfrac{1}{2}+t$ or, $x=\dfrac{1}{2}-t; y=1; z=\dfrac{1}{2}+t$
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