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Example Question #1641 : Calculus 3
Find the gradient vector of the following function:
The gradient vector of the function is given by
To find the given partial derivative of the function, we must treat the other variable(s) as constants.
The partial derivatives are
, ,
Example Question #1642 : Calculus 3
Determine the gradient vector for the following function:
The gradient vector of the function is given by
To find the given partial derivative of the function, we must treat the other variable(s) as constants.
The partial derivatives are
, ,
Example Question #1643 : Calculus 3
Write the equation of the tangent plane to the following function at :
The equation of the tangent plane is given by
So, we must find the partial derivatives for the function evaluated at the point given. To find the given partial derivative of the function, we must treat the other variable(s) as constants.
, ,
Evaluated at the given point, the partial derivatives are
, ,
Plugging this into our equation, we get
which simplifies to
Example Question #1644 : Calculus 3
Determine the equation of the plane tangent to the following function at the point :
The equation of the tangent plane is given by
So, we must find the partial derivatives for the function evaluated at the point given. To find the given partial derivative of the function, we must treat the other variable(s) as constants.
The partial derivatives are
, ,
The partial derivatives evaluated at the given point are
, ,
Plugging these into the equation of the tangent plane, we get
which simplifies to
Example Question #1645 : Calculus 3
Find the gradient vector of the following function:
The gradient vector of a function is given by
To find the given partial derivative of the function, we must treat the other variable(s) as constants.
The partial derivatives are
, ,
Example Question #1646 : Calculus 3
Find the equation of the plane tangent to the following function at :
The equation of the tangent plane is given by
So, we must find the partial derivatives for the function evaluated at the point given. To find the given partial derivative of the function, we must treat the other variable(s) as constants.
The partial derivatives are
, ,
Evaluated at the given point, the partial derivatives are
, ,
Plugging this into our equation, we get
which simplified becomes
Example Question #1647 : Calculus 3
Find the gradient vector of the following function:
The gradient vector of a function is given by
To find the given partial derivative of the function, we must treat the other variable(s) as constants.
The partial derivatives are
, ,
Example Question #86 : Gradient Vector, Tangent Planes, And Normal Lines
Find the equation of the tangent plane at the point to the surface
The equation of the surface given in the problem is the level surface (with ) of the function . Hence, we can apply the definition of the tangent plane to a level surface to calculate the plane passing through the point at an orthogonal direction (that is, perpendicularly) to the point's normal vector.
Recall this definition of the tangent plane to a level surface :
We have and the point . Calculating the partial derivatives of as well as the values of each of these derivatives at yields the following information:
,
,
,
,
,
.
Therefore, the aforementioned definition of the tangent plane gives the equation for the tangent plane of at as
Example Question #1648 : Calculus 3
Find the equation of the tangent plane to the following function at :
The equation of the tangent plane is given by
So, we must find the partial derivatives for the function evaluated at the point given. To find the given partial derivative of the function, we must treat the other variable(s) as constants.
The partial derivatives are
The partial derivatives evaluated at the given point are
, ,
Plugging this into the equation above, we get
which simplifies to
Example Question #91 : Gradient Vector, Tangent Planes, And Normal Lines
Find the gradient vector of the function:
The gradient vector is given by
To find the given partial derivative of the function, we must treat the other variable(s) as constants.
The partial derivatives are
, ,