Solutions to homework from section 16.6
#8 -15/2 (1+√3)
#10 100/√17
#12 -22/5
#18 -19 / (2√34)
#24 (a) -5/14
(b) (1/√21)<-4, -2, -1>       √21/4
(c) (1/√21)<4, 2, 1>       -√21/4
#26 (a) <16, 54>
(b) <27, -8>
#28 (a) -8/7
(b) <32, 4, 32>
(c) 4√129
(d) <-32, -4, -32>
(e) -4√129
#32 (b) <1, 1> (maximum heat transfer from hot to cold)
(c) -5 / √5
#44 This is nothing more than the chain rule written in terms of vectors.

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