Let $z=f(x, y)$ be a function of two variables $x$ and $y$. The partial derivative with respect to $x$ of the function $z=$ $f(x, y)$ at $(x, y)$ is defined as $\lim _{\Delta x \rightarrow 0} \frac{f(x+\Delta x, y)-f(x, y)}{\Delta x}$, provided the limit exists and is finite. It is denoted by $\frac{\partial z}{\partial x}$ or $\frac{\partial f}{\partial x}$ or $f_{x^{-}}$Clearly, $\frac{\partial z}{\partial x}$ is the derivative of $z=f(x, y)$ with respect to $x$, regarding $y$ as a constant. Similarly, we can define $\frac{\partial z}{\partial y} \cdot \frac{\partial}{\partial x}\left(\frac{\partial z}{\partial x}\right)$, denoted by $\frac{\partial^{2} z}{\partial x^{2}}$ or $f_{x x}, \frac{\partial}{\partial y}\left(\frac{\partial z}{\partial x}\right)$, denoted by $\frac{\partial^{2} z}{\partial y \partial x}$ or $f_{y x}, \frac{\partial}{\partial x}\left(\frac{\partial z}{\partial y}\right)$, denoted by $\frac{\partial^{2} z}{\partial x \partial y}$ or $f_{x y}, \frac{\partial}{\partial y}\left(\frac{\partial z}{\partial y}\right)$, denoted by $\frac{\partial^{2} z}{\partial y^{2}}$ or $f_{y y}$ are called second order partial derivatives of $z=f(x, y)$.
If $u=\sin ^{-1} \frac{x}{y}+\tan ^{-1} \frac{y}{x}$, then $x \frac{\partial u}{\partial x}+y \frac{\partial u}{\partial y}=$
(A) 0
(B) 1
(C) $-1$
(D) None of these