Given u = x y + y z + z sin x , find (a) ∇ u at ( 0 , 1 , 2 ) ; (b) the directional derivative of u at ( 0 , 1 , 2 ) in the direction 2 i + 2 j − k ; (c) the equations of the tangent plane and of the normal line to the level surface u = 2 at ( 0 , 1 , 2 ) ; (d) a unit vector in the direction of most rapid increase of u at ( 0 , 1 , 2 ) .
Given u = x y + y z + z sin x , find (a) ∇ u at ( 0 , 1 , 2 ) ; (b) the directional derivative of u at ( 0 , 1 , 2 ) in the direction 2 i + 2 j − k ; (c) the equations of the tangent plane and of the normal line to the level surface u = 2 at ( 0 , 1 , 2 ) ; (d) a unit vector in the direction of most rapid increase of u at ( 0 , 1 , 2 ) .
(b) the directional derivative of
u
at
(
0
,
1
,
2
)
in the direction
2
i
+
2
j
−
k
;
(c) the equations of the tangent plane and of the normal line to the level surface
u
=
2
at
(
0
,
1
,
2
)
;
(d) a unit vector in the direction of most rapid increase of
u
at
(
0
,
1
,
2
)
.
Quantities that have magnitude and direction but not position. Some examples of vectors are velocity, displacement, acceleration, and force. They are sometimes called Euclidean or spatial vectors.
2. Consider the function f(x, y) =
a) Find the directional derivative of f in the direction of the vector v (1,2) at the point
(0,-2).
b) Find a unit vector u in the direction in which f decreases most rapidly at the point
(0,-2).
Find the directional derivative of f(x,y)=yln(x+y) at
the point (-3,5) in the direction of the vector
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Find the directional derivative of the function f(x, y) = 1+5x/ỹ at the point (5, 1)
in the direction of the vector =.
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