Sunday, November 13, 2011

Computing a change in the hypotenuse of a triangle using differentials?

a right triangle has sides x=12 inches and y=5 inches. Let z denote the length of the hypotenuse. If x is decreased by 1/100 of an inch and y is increased by 1/50 of an inch, can you compute the approximate resulting change in z using differentials?

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