PARTIAL DIFFERENTIATION
1. Find expressions for all first and second-order partial derivatives of the following functions.
a. z = x^2 + 2x + y
b. z = y/x^2 + x/y
2. Use the small increments formula to estimate the change in
z = x^2y^4 - x^6 + 4y
when
a. x increases from 1 to 1.1, and y remains fixed at 0
b. x remains fixed at 1, and y decreases from 0 to -0.5