calcIII
i don't understand what i did wrong..
directional derivative , huh
mmhmm
for direction of most increase , just find gradient
according to my book, it's suppose to be a scalar
<2y, 2x + 8y> plug in the point here
<-6,-20> for most increse <6,20> for most decrease same as you got
hmm from the text "directional derivative is a dot product del(f) dot u
derivative itself you have to find unit vector <-6,-20> magnitude Sqrt[6^2+20^2]=\[2 \sqrt{109}\] this is your unit vector \[\frac{1}{2 \sqrt{109}}\{-6,-20\}=\left\{-\frac{3}{\sqrt{109}},-\frac{10}{\sqrt{109}}\right\}\]
o i used the direction for part a...
\[\left\{-\frac{3}{\sqrt{109}},-\frac{10}{\sqrt{109}}\right\}.\{-6,-20\}\]=Sqrt[209]
sorry sqrt[109]
got it, thx.must get sleep
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