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RaulTheUCSCSlug
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Having a melt down as I have done this problem twice now and my exam is tomorrow and I can't seem to figure it out anymore... ugh. 1. Homework Statement
The depth of a lake at the point on the surface with coordinates (x, y ) is given by D(x, y ) = 100−4x 2 −y 2 . a) If a boat at the point (−1, 2) is sailing in the direction 4~i +~j, is the water getting deeper or shallower ?
I know that I need to use the gradient and I am going to need to have the direction scaled to a unit vector.
So I took the gradient of D(x,y), plugged in (-1,2) then dotted it with the unit vector of (4,1) the answer is supposed to be 28/sqrt(17) and I can't seem to get that answer.
The depth of a lake at the point on the surface with coordinates (x, y ) is given by D(x, y ) = 100−4x 2 −y 2 . a) If a boat at the point (−1, 2) is sailing in the direction 4~i +~j, is the water getting deeper or shallower ?
Homework Equations
I know that I need to use the gradient and I am going to need to have the direction scaled to a unit vector.
The Attempt at a Solution
So I took the gradient of D(x,y), plugged in (-1,2) then dotted it with the unit vector of (4,1) the answer is supposed to be 28/sqrt(17) and I can't seem to get that answer.