If $\quad u=\log \left(x^3+y^3+z^3-3 x y z\right), \quad$ then $(x+y+z)\left(u_x+u_y+u_z\right)$ is equal to

If $\quad u=\log \left(x^3+y^3+z^3-3 x y z\right), \quad$ then $(x+y+z)\left(u_x+u_y+u_z\right)$ is equal to
  1. $0$
  2. $x-y+z$
  3. $2$
  4. $3$

Solution

Given, $u=\log \left(x^3+y^3+z^3-3 x y z\right)$ $ \begin{aligned} & u_x=\frac{d u}{d x}=\frac{3 x^2-3 y z}{\left(x^3+y^3+z^3-3 x y z\right)} \\ & u_y=\frac{d u}{d y}=\frac{3 y^2-3 x z}{x^3+y^3+z^3-3 x y z} \end{aligned} $ and $u_z=\frac{d u}{d z}=\frac{3 z^2-3 x y}{x^3+y^3+z^3-3 x y z}$ $ \begin{aligned} & u_x+u_y+u_z \\ & \quad=\frac{3\left(x^2+y^2+z^2-x y-y z-z x\right)}{(x+y+z)\left(x^2+y^2+z^2-x y-y z-z x\right)} \\ & \Rightarrow \quad(x+y+z)\left(u_x+u_y+u_z\right)=3 \end{aligned} $

Asked in: AP EAMCET 2013

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