TUTORIAL 1 : PARTIAL DERIVATIVES (PART 1)

z z
1. Determine and of the following 2 variables functions.
x y

y2 z 3y 2 z 2y
a) z= +2 answer: =− 4 ; =
x3 x x y x3

3x 2 y z 6 x y z 3x 2 1
b) z= − answer: = + 2 ; =− 2 −
y x x y x y y 2x y

z 1 y z 1 x
c) z = xy − 3( x + y ) answer: = −3 ; = −3
x 2 x y 2 y

z z
d) z = xy sin y answer: = y sin y ; = x sin y + xy cos y
x y

z
e) z = e2 x sin( x + 3y ) answer: = e2 x 2 sin ( x + 3 y ) + cos ( x + 3y )  ;
x

z
= 3e2 x .cos ( x + 3y )
y

z
f) z = 4 cos(4 x − 6 y ) answer: = −16 sin(4 x − 6 y ) ;
x

z
= 24 sin(4 x − 6 y )
y

x z 1  x  z x x
g) z = sin   answer: = cos   ; = − 2 cos  
y x y  y  y y y

i) z = cos 3 (4 xy )
z
answer: = −12y cos2 (4 xy ).sin(4 xy ) ;
x

z
= − 12 x cos2 (4 xy ).sin(4 xy )
x

z 2 z 3
j) z = ln(2 x − 3 y ) answer: = ; =−
x 2x − 3y y 2x − 3y

y z y z x
k) z = x ln   answer: = ln   − 1 ; =
x x x x y

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2. Find all the first partial derivatives of the three variables functions.

a) f ( x, y , z ) = xyz + xy 2 + yz 2 + zx 2

f f f
answer: = yz + y 2 + 2xz ; = xz + 2xy + z 2 ; = xy + 2yz + x 2
x y z

b) f ( x, y , z ) = ln( x + 2y + 3z )

f 1 f 2 f 3
answer: = ; = ; =
x x + 2y + 3z y x + 2y + 3z z x + 2y + 3z

c) h(r , s, t ) = e rst

h h h
answer: = sterst ; = rterst ; = rserst
r s t

d) w = ye z sin( xz )

w w w
answer: = yze z cos( xz ) ; = e z sin( xz ) ; = ye z  sin( xz ) + x cos( xz )
x y z

3. Evaluate all the first partial derivatives of the given functions at the given point.

f f
a) f = y ln x + ln( xy ) ; (1,2 )
1
answer: =3 ; =
x y 2

f f
b) f = 2sin(3 x + 2y ) ; (1,2 ) answer: = 4.5234 ; = 3.0156
x y

f f f
c) f = y 2e xz ; (1,1,1) answer: =e ; = 2e ; = e
x y z

4. Find all the first partial derivatives of the following functions with respect to each variable.

f
( )
3
a) f (s, t ) = s − st + t = 3(2s − t )(s 2 − st + t 2 )2 ;
2 2
answer:
s
f
= 3(2t − s )(s 2 − st + t 2 )2
t

g u g v
b) g (u,v ) = u 2 + v 2 answer: = ; =
u u +v
2 2 v u + v2
2

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h h
c) h( ,, ) =  sin  cos answer: = sin  cos  ; =  cos  cos 
 

h
= −  sin  sin


V v 2 W W  v 2 W V v 2
d) W ( P,V , ,v , g ) = PV + answer: =V ; =P+ ; =
2g P V 2g  2g

W V  v W V v 2
= ; =−
v g g 2g 2

5. Determine all the second order partial derivatives of the given functions. In each case,

2z 2z
show that the mixed partial derivatives = are equal.
x y y x

2z y2 2z x2
a) z( x, y ) = x2 + y 2 answer: = ; =
x 2
(x ) y 2
(x )
3 3
2
+ y2 2
+ y2

2z 2z − xy
= =
x y y x
(x )
3
2
+ y2

2z 2z
b) z = e xy answer: = y 2 xy
e ; = x 2e xy
x 2 y 2
2z 2z
= = e xy (1 + xy )
xy y x

2z 2z
c) z = 2 sin( xy ) answer: = −2 y 2
sin( xy ) ; = −2 x 2 sin( xy )
x 2
y 2

2z 2z
= = 2cos( xy ) − 2 xy sin( xy )
xy y x

2z 4 2z 25
d) z = ln(2 x + 5 y ) answer: = − ; =−
x ( 2x + 5y ) y ( 2x + 5y )
2 2 2 2

2z 2z 10
= =−
xy y x ( 2x + 5y )
2

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6. Evaluate all second order partial derivatives of f at x = 2, y = 1.

 2f  2f  2f  2f
a) f = ye x answer: = 7.3891 ; = 0 ; = = 7.3891
x 2 y 2 x y y x

 2f  2f  2f
b) f = sin(2 x − y ) answer: = −0.5645 ; = −0.1411 ; = 0.2822
x 2 y 2 x y

y  2f  2f  2f  2f
c) f = ln   answer: = 0.25 ; = −1 ; = =0
x x 2 y 2 x y y x

2
  2f   2f    2f 
7. For the functions given below, determine  2  2  −   at the given value of
 x  y   xy 
x and value of y.

3
a) f ( x, y ) = x 2 + y 3 + 4 xy − 11x − 18y at x = ,y = 2 answer: 8
2

2000 2000
b) f ( x, y ) = 2xy + + at x = 10, y = 10 answer: 12
x y

8. Given f ( x, y ) = y 3e −5 x , evaluate the following higher order at point (0,1).

 3f
a) answer: −30
x y 2

 4f
b) answer: 150
y 2 x 2

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