JEE Main & Advanced Mathematics Differentiation Question Bank Partial Differentiation

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    If \[u={{({{x}^{2}}+{{y}^{2}}+{{z}^{2}})}^{3/2}}\], then \[{{\left( \frac{\partial u}{\partial x} \right)}^{2}}+{{\left( \frac{\partial u}{\partial y} \right)}^{2}}+{{\left( \frac{\partial u}{\partial z} \right)}^{2}}=\]                               [EAMCET 1996]

    A)            9u

    B)            \[9{{u}^{4/3}}\]

    C)            \[9{{u}^{2}}\]

    D)            \[{{u}^{4/3}}\]

    Correct Answer: B

    Solution :

                       \[\frac{\partial u}{\partial x}=\frac{3}{2}{{({{x}^{2}}+{{y}^{2}}+{{z}^{2}})}^{1/2}}.2x\]                    \[\therefore \]\[{{\left( \frac{\partial u}{\partial x} \right)}^{2}}=\frac{9}{4}({{x}^{2}}+{{y}^{2}}+{{z}^{2}})4{{x}^{2}}\]= \[9{{x}^{2}}({{x}^{2}}+{{y}^{2}}+{{z}^{2}})\]                    \[\therefore \]\[{{\left( \frac{\partial u}{\partial x} \right)}^{2}}+{{\left( \frac{\partial u}{\partial y} \right)}^{2}}+{{\left( \frac{\partial u}{\partial z} \right)}^{2}}\]                    = \[9\,({{x}^{2}}+{{y}^{2}}+{{z}^{2}})\,({{x}^{2}}+{{y}^{2}}+{{z}^{2}})\]                    = \[9\,{{({{x}^{2}}+{{y}^{2}}+{{z}^{2}})}^{2}}\] = \[9.{{u}^{4/3}}\].


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