JEE Main & Advanced Mathematics Differentiation Question Bank Partial Differentiation

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

    A)            0

    B)            1

    C)            2

    D)            3

    Correct Answer: D

    Solution :

                       \[u=\log ({{x}^{3}}+{{y}^{3}}+{{z}^{3}}-3xyz)\]                    \[\therefore \]\[\frac{\partial u}{\partial x}=\frac{3{{x}^{2}}-3yz}{{{x}^{3}}+{{y}^{3}}+{{z}^{3}}-3xyz}\];\[\frac{\partial u}{\partial y}=\frac{3{{y}^{2}}-3zx}{{{x}^{3}}+{{y}^{3}}+{{z}^{3}}-3xyz}\]                        \[\frac{\partial u}{\partial z}=\frac{3{{z}^{2}}-3xy}{{{x}^{3}}+{{y}^{3}}+{{z}^{3}}-3xyz}\]               \[\therefore \]\[\frac{\partial u}{\partial x}+\frac{\partial u}{\partial y}+\frac{\partial u}{\partial z}\]=\[\frac{3\,({{x}^{2}}+{{y}^{2}}+{{z}^{2}}-xy-yz-zx)}{(x+y+z)({{x}^{2}}+{{y}^{2}}+{{z}^{2}}-xy-yz-zx)}\]                                          =\[\frac{3}{x+y+z}\,\].                    \[\therefore \]\[\,(x+y+z)\,\left( \frac{\partial u}{\partial x}+\frac{\partial u}{\partial y}+\frac{\partial u}{\partial z} \right)=3\].


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