(3) This problem will walk you through the steps of finding a directional derivative through the point (–1, ) in the direction ä = (6, 8) for the function g(x, y) = r*y. (a) Our goal is to find a directional derivative in the direction of a. To do this, we first need to find a unit vector i pointing in this direction. i = (b) Next, we need to find the gradient vector for g, which contains the information about the rate of change in the r-direction and the rate of change in the y-direction. Vg(r, y) = (92, 9y) = %3D (c) Since we want the directional derivative through the point (-1,), we need to know the gradient vector specific to this point: Vg(-1, ¿) =, (d) Lastly, we can assemble the directional derivative using the dot product of the gradient vector and the unit vector. DE(-1, ) = Vg(-1, ) · i =
(3) This problem will walk you through the steps of finding a directional derivative through the
point (−1, 1
2) in the direction ~a = 〈6, 8〉 for the function g(x, y) = x4y.
(a) Our goal is to find a directional derivative in the direction of ~a. To do this, we first need
to find a unit
~u =
(b) Next, we need to find the gradient vector for g, which contains the information about the
rate of change in the x-direction and the rate of change in the y-direction.
∇g(x, y) = 〈gx, gy〉=
(c) Since we want the directional derivative through the point (−1, 1
2), we need to know the
gradient vector specific to this point:
∇g(−1, 1
2) =
(d) Lastly, we can assemble the directional derivative using the dot product of the gradient
vector and the unit vector.
D~u(−1, 1
2) = ∇g(−1, 1
2) ·~u =
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