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MA2E01 Tutorial Solutions #3:, Z Z LN (X X S T, y Sin (ST)

1. Use the chain rule to find partial derivatives of z with respect to s and t, where z, x, and y are defined in terms of s and t. 2. Find the directional derivative and unit gradient vector for the function f(x,y,z) = x^2*e^(y/z) at a given point. 3. Find the direction of most rapid decrease and the equation of the tangent plane for the function f(x,y) = sqrt(sin(x^2*y)) + x^3 + 2y at a given point. 4. Show that for a function z defined in terms of x - y and y - x, the

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MA2E01 Tutorial Solutions #3:, Z Z LN (X X S T, y Sin (ST)

1. Use the chain rule to find partial derivatives of z with respect to s and t, where z, x, and y are defined in terms of s and t. 2. Find the directional derivative and unit gradient vector for the function f(x,y,z) = x^2*e^(y/z) at a given point. 3. Find the direction of most rapid decrease and the equation of the tangent plane for the function f(x,y) = sqrt(sin(x^2*y)) + x^3 + 2y at a given point. 4. Show that for a function z defined in terms of x - y and y - x, the

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MA2E01 Tutorial solutions #3

1. Use the chain rule to compute the partial derivatives zs , zt in the case that

z = ln(x2 + y 3 ), x = s2 t, y = sin(st).

According to the chain rule, one has


2x 3y 2
zs = zx xs + zy ys = · 2st + · t cos(st),
x2 + y 3 x2 + y 3
2x 3y 2
zt = zx xt + zy yt = 2 · s2
+ · s cos(st).
x + y3 x2 + y 3

2. Consider the function f (x, y, z) = x2 ey/z at the point (3, 0, 1).


(a) What is the rate at which f is changing in the direction of u = ⟨1, 2, 1⟩?
The gradient at the given point is
⟨ 2 y/z
⟩
y/z x e x2 yey/z
∇f = ⟨fx , fy , fz ⟩ = 2xe , ,− = ⟨6, 9, 0⟩ .
z z2
√
Noting that the vector u has length ||u|| = 6, we conclude that
√
1 6 + 18 24 6 √
Du f = √ u · ∇f = √ = = 4 6.
6 6 6

(b) Find a unit vector in the direction in which f increases most rapidly.
The direction of most rapid increase is that of the gradient ∇f = ⟨6, 9, 0⟩. To find a
unit vector v in the same direction, we simply divide by the length of ∇f to get
√ √ ⟨ √ √ ⟩
||∇f || = 6 + 9 = 3 13 =⇒ v = 2/ 13, 3/ 13, 0 .
2 2

√
3. Consider the function f (x, y) = sin(x2 y) + x3 + 2y at the point (1, 0).
(a) Find the direction in which f is decreasing most rapidly.
The direction of most rapid decrease is that of −∇f = − ⟨fx , fy ⟩. In this case,

cos(x2 y)(x2 y)x + 3x2 2xy cos(x2 y) + 3x2


fx = √ = √
2 sin(x2 y) + x3 + 2y 2 sin(x2 y) + x3 + 2y
and we can similarly compute
cos(x2 y)(x2 y)y + 2 x2 cos(x2 y) + 2
fy = √ = √ .
2 sin(x2 y) + x3 + 2y 2 sin(x2 y) + x3 + 2y
Once we now substitute x = 1 and y = 0, we get the vector

−∇f = − ⟨fx , fy ⟩ = − ⟨3/2, 3/2⟩ .

(b) Find the equation of the tangent plane at the given point.
At the given point, we have fx = fy = 3/2 by above, so the tangent plane is

3 3
z − z0 = (x − x0 ) + (y − y0 ).
2 2
Since x0 = 1 and y0 = 0, we have z0 = f (1, 0) = 1 and this gives
3 3y 3x + 3y − 1
z = (x − 1) + +1= .
2 2 2

4. Suppose that z = f (x − y, y − x) for some function f . Show that zx + zy = 0.


In this case, we have z = f (u, v), where u = x − y and v = y − x, so

zx = zu ux + zv vx = zu − zv ,
zy = zu uy + zv vy = −zu + zv .

Adding these two equations, we conclude that zx + zy = 0.

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