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WORKSHEET-Partial Differentiation, Applications

This document provides practice problems for partial differentiation, the chain rule, directional derivatives, tangent planes, and finding local and absolute extrema. It includes: 1) Finding partial derivatives and applying the product and chain rules 2) Computing directional derivatives and finding maximum/minimum rates of change 3) Finding equations of tangent planes and normal lines to surfaces 4) Locating critical points and classifying them as maxima, minima or saddle points 5) Finding the absolute extrema of functions over given regions.

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WORKSHEET-Partial Differentiation, Applications

This document provides practice problems for partial differentiation, the chain rule, directional derivatives, tangent planes, and finding local and absolute extrema. It includes: 1) Finding partial derivatives and applying the product and chain rules 2) Computing directional derivatives and finding maximum/minimum rates of change 3) Finding equations of tangent planes and normal lines to surfaces 4) Locating critical points and classifying them as maxima, minima or saddle points 5) Finding the absolute extrema of functions over given regions.

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WORKSHEET - FOR PRACTICE

Partial Differentiation:
1. Find all first order partial derivatives of 𝑓, where:
𝑥
𝑦
a. 𝑓(𝑥, 𝑦) = 4𝑒 𝑦 + 𝑡𝑎𝑛−1 ( )
𝑥
𝑦2 𝑡 2
b. 𝑓(𝑥, 𝑦) = ∫𝑥 3 𝑒 𝑑𝑡
𝑦 2 𝑦 2 −𝑡 2
c. 𝑓(𝑥, 𝑦) = ∫𝑥 3 𝑒 𝑑𝑡

2. Find the indicated partial derivatives of 𝑓, where:


𝑧2
𝑓(𝑥, 𝑦, 𝑧) = 𝑥𝑒 2𝑥𝑦 − + 𝑥𝑧𝑠𝑖𝑛(𝑦 + 𝑧); 𝑓𝑥𝑥 , 𝑓𝑦𝑦 , 𝑓𝑦𝑦𝑧𝑧
𝑥+𝑦

𝑛2 𝑎
3. For the equation (𝑝 + ) (𝑉 − 𝑛𝑏) = 𝑛𝑅𝑇 Show that
𝑉2
𝜕𝑇 𝜕𝑃 𝜕𝑉
( ) ( ) ( ) = −1
𝜕𝑃 𝜕𝑉 𝜕𝑇

The Chain Rule:


1. Find the indicated derivatives:
a. 𝑔′(𝑡) where: 𝑔(𝑡 ) = 𝑓(𝑥 (𝑡 ), 𝑦(𝑡 )), 𝑓(𝑥, 𝑦) = 𝑥 2 𝑦 − 𝑠𝑖𝑛𝑦,
2
𝑥 (𝑡 ) = √𝑡 2 + 1, 𝑦(𝑡 ) = 𝑒 𝑡
𝜕𝑔 𝜕𝑔
b. , where:
𝜕𝑢 𝜕𝑣
𝑔(𝑢, 𝑣 ) = 𝑓(𝑥 (𝑢, 𝑣 ), 𝑦(𝑢, 𝑣 )), 𝑓(𝑥, 𝑦) = 𝑥𝑦 3 − 4𝑥 2 ,
2
𝑥 (𝑢, 𝑣 ) = 𝑒 𝑢 , 𝑦(𝑢, 𝑣 ) = √𝑣 2 + 1

2. State the chain rule for the general composite function:


a. 𝑔(𝑡) = 𝑓(𝑥(𝑡), 𝑦(𝑡), 𝑧(𝑡))
b. 𝑔(𝑢, 𝑣, 𝑤) = 𝑓(𝑥(𝑢, 𝑣, 𝑤), 𝑦(𝑢, 𝑣, 𝑤))
c. 𝑔(𝑢, 𝑣) = 𝑓(𝑢 + 𝑣, 𝑢 − 𝑣, 𝑢2 + 𝑣 2 )
𝑢
d. 𝑔(𝑢, 𝑣, 𝑤) = 𝑓 (𝑢𝑣, , 𝑤 2 )
𝑣

𝜕𝑧 𝜕𝑧
3. Use implicit differentiation to find , where:
𝜕𝑥 𝜕𝑦
a. 3𝑥 2 𝑧 + 2𝑧 3 = 3𝑦𝑧
b. 𝑥𝑦𝑧 = 𝑐𝑜𝑠(𝑥 + 𝑦 + 𝑧)
c. 𝑙𝑛(𝑥 2 + 𝑦 2 = 𝑧 + 𝑡𝑎𝑛−1 (𝑥 + 𝑧))

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The Gradient and Directional Derivative:
1. Compute the directional derivative of 𝑓 at the given point 𝑃in the direction of
the indicated vector 𝑉̅ . Find the directions of maximum and minimum change
of 𝑓 at the given point and the values of the maximum and minimum rates of
change:
a. 𝑓 (𝑥, 𝑦) = 𝑥 2 𝑦 + 4𝑦 2 , 𝑃(2,1), 𝑉̅ = 〈1, √3〉
𝜋 𝜋
b. 𝑓 (𝑥, 𝑦) = ln(𝑥 2 𝑦)sin(4𝑦), 𝑃 (−2, ), 𝑉̅ = 〈−2, 〉
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c. 𝑓 (𝑤, 𝑥, 𝑦, 𝑧) = 𝑤 2 √𝑥 2 + 1 + 3𝑧𝑒 𝑥𝑧 , 𝑃(2,0,1,0), 𝑉̅ = 〈−2,0,1,4〉

2. Find equations of the tangent plane and normal line to the surface at the
given point:
a. 𝑧 = 𝑥 2 + 𝑦 2 at (1, −1,0)
b. 𝑧 = √𝑥 2 + 𝑦 2 at (3, −4,5)
c. 𝑧 2 = 6 − 𝑥 2 − 𝑦 2 at (−1,2,1)
d. 𝑧 2 = 𝑥 2 − 𝑦 2 at (5, −3, −4)

Local and Absolute Extrema:


1. Locate all critical points and classify them:
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a. 𝑓(𝑥, 𝑦) = 𝑒 −𝑥 (𝑦 2 + 1) b. 𝑓 (𝑥, 𝑦) = 𝑥 3 − 3𝑥𝑦 + 𝑦 3 c. 𝑓(𝑥, 𝑦) =
1 1
𝑥𝑦 + +
𝑥 𝑦
2. Find the absolute extrema of the function on the given region ℛ:
a. 𝑓 (𝑥, 𝑦) = 𝑥 2 + 3𝑦 − 3𝑥𝑦, ℛ is bounded by 𝑦 = 𝑥, 𝑦 = 0, 𝑥 = 2
b. 𝑓 (𝑥, 𝑦) = 𝑥 2 + 𝑦 2 , ℛ is bounded by (𝑥 − 1)2 + 𝑦 2 = 4
c. 𝑓 (𝑥, 𝑦) = 𝑥 2 + 𝑦 2 − 2𝑥 − 4𝑦, ℛ is bounded by 𝑦 = 𝑥, 𝑦 = 3, 𝑥 = 0

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