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( u=f(e^{y-z},e^{z-x},e^{x-y}) ext{find} dfrac{partial u}{partial x}+dfrac{partial u}{partial y}+dfrac{partial u}{partial z} )
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Answer: Let $u_1=e^{y-z}, u_2=e^{z-x}, u_3=e^{x-y}$. Then by chain rule,

$\dfrac{\partial u}{\partial x}=u_x=\dfrac{\partial u}{\partial u_1}\dfrac{\partial u_1}{\partial x}+\dfrac{\partial u}{\partial u_2}\dfrac{\partial u_2}{\partial x}+\dfrac{\partial u}{\partial u_3}\dfrac{\partial u_3}{\partial x}$

              $= \dfrac{\partial u}{\partial u_1}.0-\dfrac{\partial u}{\partial u_2}.e^{z-x}+\dfrac{\partial u}{\partial u_3}e^{x-y}.$

$\therefore \dfrac{\partial u}{\partial x}=-u_2 \dfrac{\partial u}{\partial u_2}+u_3\dfrac{\partial u}{\partial u_3}$...................................(1)

Similarly,

$\dfrac{\partial u}{\partial y}=u_y=\dfrac{\partial u}{\partial u_1}\dfrac{\partial u_1}{\partial y}+\dfrac{\partial u}{\partial …

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