Calculus 3 : Calculus 3

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Example Questions

Example Question #1041 : Partial Derivatives

Find  of the following function:

Possible Answers:

Correct answer:

Explanation:

To find the given partial derivative of the function, we must treat the other variable(s) as constants. For higher order partial derivatives, we work from left to right for the given variables.

First, we must find the partial derivative of the function with respect to x:

Then, we find the partial derivative of this function with respect to x:

Example Question #1042 : Partial Derivatives

Find  of the function 

Possible Answers:

Correct answer:

Explanation:

To find  of the function, you take three consecutive partial derivatives:

Example Question #1043 : Partial Derivatives

Find  of the function 

Possible Answers:

Correct answer:

Explanation:

To find  of the function, you must take three consecutive partial derivatives:

Example Question #1044 : Partial Derivatives

Find  given

Possible Answers:

Correct answer:

Explanation:

To find  we take the derivative of the function  with respect to  and treat the other variables as constants. 

As such,

yields

Example Question #1045 : Partial Derivatives

Find  given

Possible Answers:

Correct answer:

Explanation:

To find  we take the derivative of the function  with respect to  and treat the other variables as constants. 

As such,

yields

Example Question #1046 : Partial Derivatives

Find  given

Possible Answers:

Correct answer:

Explanation:

To find  we take the derivative of the function  with respect to  and treat the other variables as constants. 

As such,

yields

Example Question #1047 : Partial Derivatives

Find  of the following function:

 

Possible Answers:

Correct answer:

Explanation:

To find the given partial derivative of the function, we must treat the other variable(s) as constants. For higher order partial derivatives, we work from left to right for the given variables.

First, we must find the partial derivative of the function with respect to y:

Next, we find the partial derivative of this function with respect to z:

Now, we find the partial derivative of this function with respect to y:

Finally, we take the partial derivative of this function with respect to z:

Example Question #1041 : Partial Derivatives

Find  of the function 

Possible Answers:

Correct answer:

Explanation:

To find  of the function, you must take two consecutive partial derivatives:

Example Question #1051 : Partial Derivatives

Find  of the function 

Possible Answers:

Correct answer:

Explanation:

To find  of the function, you must take two consecutive partial derivatives:

Example Question #1052 : Partial Derivatives

Calculate the partial derivative with respect to  of the following function:

Possible Answers:

Correct answer:

Explanation:

When calculating the partial derivative with respect to the variable  of a function  of more than one variable, apply the standard rules for differentiating a function  of a single variable, and treat the other variables as constants. In this case, we have:

We are being asked to differentiate  with respect to , so we treat the variable  as a constant and apply the sum and quotient rules of differentiation to find the partial derivative , as shown:

Since  is treated as a constant, we can factor out  from the sum of these two terms and simplify the expression:

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