Department of Civil Engineering

Faculty of Engineering

Bachelor of Engineering (Civil)

Semester 2 2017/2018

ECC 3002 Engineering Mathematics II

Partial Differentiation (Week 4 Monday)

Example 3

Find fx, fy and fz when f (x, y, z) is e 2z cos xy

Solution:
f (x,y,z) = e 2z cos xy
∂ ∂v ∂u
By using the Product Rule of (uv) = u +v
∂x ∂x ∂x
Since we have 3 independent variables of x, y and z for function f (x, y, z),
∂f ∂f ∂f
then we'll have 3 equations of partial derivatives (i.e. , and )
∂x ∂y ∂z
Part 1:
∂f
For , assume y and z are constant
∂x
∂u
∴u = e 2z and =0
∂x
∂v
v = cos xy and = y(−sin xy)
∂x
∂f
∴ = e 2z y(−sin xy) + 0 cos xy = −ye 2z sin xy
( ) ( )( )
∂x
Part 2:
∂f
For , assume x and z are constant
∂y
∂u
∴u = e 2z and =0
∂y
∂v
v = cos xy and = x(−sin xy)
∂y
∂f
∴ = e 2z x(−sin xy) + 0 cos xy = −xe 2z sin xy
( ) ( )( )
∂y

Part 3:
∂f
For , assume x and y are constant
∂z
∂u
∴u = e 2z and = 2e 2z
∂z
∂v
v = cos xy and =0
∂z
∂f
() ( )(
∴ = e 2z 0 + 2e 2z cos xy = 2e 2z cos xy
∂z
)