Calculus (3rd Edition)

Published by W. H. Freeman
ISBN 10: 1464125260
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Chapter 15 - Differentiation in Several Variables - 15.4 Differentiability and Tangent Planes - Exercises - Page 789: 8

Answer

$$z=x e^{2}-2 y e^{2}+e^{2}$$

Work Step by Step

Given $$g(x, y)=e^{x / y}, \quad(2,1)$$ Since \begin{align*} g(x, y)&= e^{x / y} \ \ \ \ & g(2,1)&=e^2 \\ g_x(x,y)&= \frac{1}{y}e^{x / y} \ \ \ \ & g_x(2,1)&= e^2\\ g_y(x,y)&=\frac{-x}{y^2}e^{x / y} \ \ \ \ & g_y(2,1)&= -2e^2\\ \end{align*} Then the tangent plane at $(2,1)$ is given by \begin{aligned} z &=g(2,1)+g_{x}(2,1)(x-2)+g_{y}(2,1)(y-1) \\ &=e^{2}+e^{2}(x-2)-2 e^{2}(y-1)\\ &=x e^{2}-2 y e^{2}+e^{2} \end{aligned}
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