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OpenStudy (anonymous):

calcIII

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OpenStudy (anonymous):

i don't understand what i did wrong..

OpenStudy (anonymous):

directional derivative , huh

OpenStudy (anonymous):

mmhmm

OpenStudy (anonymous):

for direction of most increase , just find gradient

OpenStudy (anonymous):

according to my book, it's suppose to be a scalar

OpenStudy (anonymous):

<2y, 2x + 8y> plug in the point here

OpenStudy (anonymous):

<-6,-20> for most increse <6,20> for most decrease same as you got

OpenStudy (anonymous):

hmm from the text "directional derivative is a dot product del(f) dot u

OpenStudy (anonymous):

derivative itself you have to find unit vector <-6,-20> magnitude Sqrt[6^2+20^2]=\[2 \sqrt{109}\] this is your unit vector \[\frac{1}{2 \sqrt{109}}\{-6,-20\}=\left\{-\frac{3}{\sqrt{109}},-\frac{10}{\sqrt{109}}\right\}\]

OpenStudy (anonymous):

o i used the direction for part a...

OpenStudy (anonymous):

\[\left\{-\frac{3}{\sqrt{109}},-\frac{10}{\sqrt{109}}\right\}.\{-6,-20\}\]=Sqrt[209]

OpenStudy (anonymous):

sorry sqrt[109]

OpenStudy (anonymous):

got it, thx.must get sleep

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