This exercise shows directly (without using Theorem 1) that the function (x, y) = 5x + 4y 2 from Example 1 is differentiable at (a,

This exercise shows directly (without using Theorem 1) that the function ƒ(x, y) = 5x + 4y² from Example 1 is differentiable at (a, b) = (2, 1).

THEOREM 1 Confirming Differentiability If fx(x, y) and fy(x, y) exist and are con- tinuous on an open disk D, then f(x, y) is differentiable on D.