Berlin V.

asked • 12/22/23

Basic partial derivative verification question

I have F=y'(1+x2y'), and I need to find ∂F/∂y and ∂F/∂y'


The answer I get for ∂F/∂y is 0, which is the correct one. However for ∂F/∂y' I should get 1+2x2y', but for some reason I get 1+2x2y'+y'x2. Could someone please tell me where I went wrong?


My try: Using the product rule we get ∂F/∂y'=∂/∂y'(y')(1+2x2y')+y'∂F/∂y'(1+x2y')=1*(1+2x2y')+y'x2.

Daniel B.

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It's just a typo: In front of x^2y' you inserted the coefficient 2
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