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Richard
Skinner
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rls2723
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Sheet #25
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Week #4
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Problem
3.5.7
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http://208.166.239.244/3_5_7.htm
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The temperature
in a square plate is given by the equation T = x + 3y. An ant crawled on
the plate along the parabolic path y = x2 until it reached the
point (2,4), whereupon it found itself fried. What is wrong with the following
argument?
We can cancel
the two equal terms, concluding that
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Substituting
the given functions and numbers, we learn that
12 = 0.
Solution:
Some parameters
must be introduced before the chain rule will work.
x = t
y = t2
Now rewrite
the chain rule argument to reflect the new parameters.
All that is
left is substituting in the values and simplifying to find the answer.
= (1)*(1) + (3 * 2t)
=6t + 1