Thomas' Calculus 13th Edition

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Chapter 14: Partial Derivatives - Section 14.3 - Partial Derivatives - Exercises 14.3 - Page 807: 41

Answer

$\dfrac{\partial^2 f}{\partial x^2}=0$ $\dfrac{\partial^2 f}{\partial y^2}=0$ and $\dfrac{\partial^2 f}{\partial x\partial y}=\dfrac{\partial^2 f}{\partial y \partial x }=1$

Work Step by Step

We need to take the first partial derivatives of the given function. In order to find the partial derivative, we will differentiate with respect to $x$, by keeping $y$ and $z$ as a constant, and vice versa: $f_x= \dfrac{\partial (x+y+xy)}{\partial x}=1+y$ $f_y=\dfrac{\partial (x+y+xy)}{\partial y}=1+x$ $\dfrac{\partial^2 f}{\partial x^2}=\dfrac{\partial (1+y)}{\partial x}=0$ $\dfrac{\partial^2 f}{\partial y^2}=\dfrac{\partial (1+x)}{\partial y}=0$ Now, $\dfrac{\partial^2 f}{\partial x\partial y}=\dfrac{\partial^2 f}{\partial y \partial x }=\dfrac{\partial (1+y) }{\partial y } =1$
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