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: 5

Answer

$F(x,y)=\dfrac{-xi-yj}{(x^2+y^2)^{3/2}}$

Work Step by Step

The gradient field of $f(x,y,z)$ can be expressed as: $\nabla f(x,y,z) =\dfrac{\partial (f(x,y,z))}{\partial x} i+\dfrac{\partial (f(x,y,z))}{\partial y} j+\dfrac{\partial (f(x,y,z))}{\partial z}k $ The vector field is: $F(x,y)=-xi-yj$ and $|F(x,y)|=\sqrt {x^2+y^2}$ The vector field $F(x,y)=-xi-yj$ must have a magnitude of $\dfrac{1}{x^2+y^2}$ . So, we need to divide the vector field $F(x,y)=-xi-yj$ by $(x^2+y^2)^{3/2}$ So, $F(x,y)=\dfrac{-xi-yj}{(x^2+y^2)^{3/2}}$
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