Calculus Homework

Question

Consider . Compute .

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Answer 1

We evaluate the partial derivative with respect to x which is -e*x^-e-1 and then evaluate it at x=a² to obtain -ea^-2(e+1).We don't care about the term involving y because when we take the partial derivative with respect to x it will vanish.

Therefore, the correct answer is the first one.

Best,

Davide