Partial Differentiation

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2x + y ¶w
5. A function w is defined as w( x, y ) = ln , determine
x - 10 ¶x

6. Show that for f ( x, y ) = 4 x 2 + 3xy 2 + 7 x + 3 y

¶f ( x, y) æ ¶ 2 f ( x, y) öæ ¶ 2 f ( x, y) ö æ ¶ 2 f ( x, y) ö
6 - 10 = ç ÷ç ÷+ç ÷
¶y è ¶y
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øè ¶y¶x ø è ¶x
2
ø
 ¶f
¶z ¶y , determine dz in terms of
7. Let f ( x, y, z ) = 3 yz 2 - e4 x cos 4 z - 3 y 2 - 4. Given that =-
¶y ¶f ¶y
¶z
x, y , z .
8. A firm measures production by the Cobb-Douglas production function
1 3
P(k (t ), l (t )) = 20k l
4 4

Where k is the capital (in millions of dollars) and l is the labour force (in thousands of dollars). Let l = 3
and k = 4 .

Assume that the capital is DECREASING at a rate of $200000 per year and the labour force is
INCREASING at a rate of 60 workers per year.

dP ¶P dk dP dl dP
Given that = x + x , calculate .
dt ¶k dt ¶l dt dt