Lecture 12, Wednesday, 9/24/08: Section 12.5: Multivariable chain rule. Implicit differentiation

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Section 12.5. You can skip Example 5.5, but the other examples are all important and instructive. Example 5.2 involves an important function in economics (Cobb-Douglas function) that is used several times in the Smith/Minton text to illustrate various concepts.

Homework

Section 12.5: 3, 7, 13, 15, 17, 21, 25, 26
Solutions.

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