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"<p>$f(x,y,z)=\\simplify{x^{p1}*y^{p2}*z^{p3}+x^{p4}*y^{p5}*z^{p6}+x^{p7}*y^{p8}*z^{p9}+x^{p10}*y^{p11}*z^{p12}}$.</p>\n      <p>$g(x,y,z)=$ [[0]].</p>", "unitTests": [], "showFeedbackIcon": true, "scripts": {}, "extendBaseMarkingAlgorithm": true, "type": "gapfill", "showCorrectAnswer": true, "variableReplacements": [], "marks": 0, "sortAnswers": false}], "statement": "<p>For the following scalar field $f$, find all the points for which $\\boldsymbol{\\nabla}f$ is orthogonal to the $z$-axis. &nbsp;Enter your answer in the form of a surface $g(x,y,z)=0$.</p>", "tags": ["checked2015", "nabla", "scalar field", "surface"], "rulesets": {}, "extensions": [], "type": "question", "metadata": {"licence": "Creative Commons Attribution 4.0 International", "description": "<p>Find all points for which the gradient of a scalar field is orthogonal to the $z$-axis.</p>\n<p>Should warn that multiplied terms need * to denote multiplication.</p>"}, "variablesTest": {"condition": "", "maxRuns": 100}, "advice": "<p>A vector that is orthogonal to the $z$-axis has its $z$-component equal to zero. &nbsp;We need to find all the points, therefore, for which the $z$-component of $\\boldsymbol{\\nabla}f$ is zero, i.e. $(\\boldsymbol{\\nabla}f)_z=0$.</p>\n  <p>The $z$-component of $\\boldsymbol{\\nabla}f$ is</p>\n  <p>\\[(\\boldsymbol{\\nabla}f)_z=\\frac{\\partial f}{\\partial z}=\\simplify{{p3}*x^{p1}*y^{p2}*z^{p3-1}+{p6}*x^{p4}*y^{p5}*z^{p6-1}+{p9}*x^{p7}*y^{p8}*z^{p9-1}+{p12}*x^{p10}*y^{p11}*z^{p12-1}},\\]</p>\n  <p>and so the surface</p>\n  <p>\\[g(x,y,z)=\\simplify{{p3}*x^{p1}*y^{p2}*z^{p3-1}+{p6}*x^{p4}*y^{p5}*z^{p6-1}+{p9}*x^{p7}*y^{p8}*z^{p9-1}+{p12}*x^{p10}*y^{p11}*z^{p12-1}}=0\\]</p>\n  <p>defines the set of points for which $\\boldsymbol{\\nabla}f$ is orthogonal to the $z$-axis.</p>", "contributors": [{"name": "Bill Foster", "profile_url": "https://numbas.mathcentre.ac.uk/accounts/profile/6/"}, {"name": "Newcastle University Mathematics and Statistics", "profile_url": 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