8.1 Function of Two Variables
Many functions have several variables.
Ex. There are 3 types of football tickets. Type A costs $50, type B costs $30, and type C costs
$20. If in a match, x tickets of type A, y tickets of type B, and z tickets of type C are sold,
the total income of ticket sale is f(x, y, z) = 50x + 30y + 20z.
Def. A real-valued function of two variables f consists of
1. A domain A consisting of ordered pairs of some real numbers (x, y).
2. A rule that associates with each ordered pair in A with one real number, denoted by
z = f(x, y).
Ex. (Ex 1, p.532) f(x, y) = x + xy + y
w + 2. Compute f(0, 0), f(1, 2), and f(2, 1).
Ex. Find the domain of a. f(x, y) = x
2+y
2
, b. g(x, y) = 2
x−y
, c. h(x, y) = p
1 − x
2 − y
2.
Ex. Find the domain of g(r, s) = √
rs.
The graph of a function z = f(x, y) is the collection of all points {(x, y, f(x, y)) : x, y ∈ A}
in R
3
(Fig 5, p.534; Fig 6, p.535).
The graph of z = f(x, y) is 3 dimensional and it is difficult to draw. So we use level curves.
A level curve is the graph of
c = f(x, y)
on xy-plane for a constant c. By drawing the level curves corresponding to several admissible
values of c, we obtain a contour map. (Fig 7, p.535; Fig 8, p.536)
Ex. Ex 5, p.536.
HW. C8.1: SC1, 2, 3, Ex 31, 33
8 Students are not enrolled. Reason being 9 are taking German and 9 are taking Spanish so 9+9= 18 but because 3 are taking both you subtract 3 so that would give you 15 and 23-15=8
No, the graph is only increasing while the student rides his bike, rides the bus, and walks. It is stays the same while he waits for the bus and when the bus stops to let him off.
