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- Flowers4Carlos
- 2005-12-03 09:19:15
one use is in optimization problems. if you want to find the minimum cost of constructing, oh i don't don't, say a can, you would probably use partial derivaties.
i'm sure someone in the field can give you a better use for it.
- flatulant
- 2005-12-03 08:58:50
So what uses do they have?
- Flowers4Carlos
- 2005-12-03 08:48:27
partial derivative is basically holding one variable constant and differentiating with respect to another variable. for example: z = 3x + 4y
the partial of z with respect to x is 3 (hold y constant)
the partial of z with respect to y is 4 (hold x constant)
- flatulant
- 2005-12-03 08:33:22
and how do you find one?