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Science:Math Exam Resources/Courses/MATH200/December 2012/Question 02/Solution 1

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We apply the Chain rule to calculate

Gt=Fz(At)t=FzAGγ=Fx(γ+s)γ+Fy(γs)γ=Fx+FyGs=Fx(γ+s)s+Fy(γs)s=FxFy

For the second derivatives, we apply the Chain rule again to the already calculated derivatives

2Gγ2=xFx(γ+s)γ+yFx(γs)γ+xFy(γ+s)γ+yFy(γs)γ=2Fx2+2Fyx+2Fxy+F2y22Gs2=xFx(γ+s)s+yFx(γs)sxFy(γ+s)syFx(γs)s=2Fx22Fyx2Fxy+F2y2

Now we set together

2Gγ2+G2s2=2Fx2+2Fyx+2Fxy+F2y2+2Fx22Fyx2Fxy+F2y2=22Fx2+22Fy2=2Fz

where the last step is already given by the problem.

With 2Gγ2+G2s2=2Fz and Gt=AFz


we conclude that A=2 is the value that 2Gγ2+G2s2=Gt