Calculus 3 : Partial Derivatives

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Example Questions

Example Question #1 : Partial Derivatives

Evaluate:

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Does not exist

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Explanation:

Since we won't have any divided by zero problems, we can just evaluate at the point.

Example Question #2 : Partial Derivatives

Calculate the following limit.

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Explanation:

We can calculate the limit

by simply plugging in  because the value is defined at  and around that point.

So we get

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Example Question #3 : Partial Derivatives

Calculate the following limit.

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Explanation:

We can calculate the limit

by simply plugging in  because the value is defined at  and at every value in .

So we get

.

Example Question #3 : Limits

Evaluate 

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None of the other answers

Does not exist

Correct answer:

Does not exist

Explanation:

If we try evaluating the limit along two different paths, , we have

And

Since evaluating along these two paths yielded diffferent values, the limit does not exist.

Example Question #2 : Partial Derivatives

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Example Question #4 : Limits

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