University Calculus: Early Transcendentals (3rd Edition)

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Chapter 15 - Section 15.2 - Vector Fields and Line Integrals: Work, Circulation, and Flux - Exercises - Page 838: 1

Answer

$-(x\textbf{i}+y\textbf{j}+z\textbf{k})(x^{2}+y^{2}+z^{2})^{-3/2}$

Work Step by Step

Gradient field= $\nabla f=\frac{\partial f}{\partial x}\textbf{i}+\frac{\partial f}{\partial y}\textbf{j}+\frac{\partial f}{\partial z}\textbf{k}$ $=\frac{\partial (x^{2}+y^{2}+z^{2})^{-1/2}}{\partial x}\textbf{i}+\frac{\partial (x^{2}+y^{2}+z^{2})^{-1/2}}{\partial y}\textbf{j}+\frac{\partial (x^{2}+y^{2}+z^{2})^{-1/2}}{\partial z}\textbf{k}$ $=-x(x^{2}+y^{2}+z^{2})^{-3/2}\textbf{i}-y(x^{2}+y^{2}+z^{2})^{-3/2}\textbf{j}-z(x^{2}+y^{2}+z^{2})^{-3/2}\textbf{k}$ $=-(x\textbf{i}+y\textbf{j}+z\textbf{k})(x^{2}+y^{2}+z^{2})^{-3/2}$
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