True or False: Given a function of two variables f(x, y), the vector Vf(a, b) is perpendicular to the graph z = f(x, y) at the point with (x, y) = (a, b). O True O False

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True or False: Given a function of two variables f(x, y), the vector Vf(a, b) is perpendicular
to the graph z = f(x, y) at the point with (x, y) = (a, b).
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False
Transcribed Image Text:True or False: Given a function of two variables f(x, y), the vector Vf(a, b) is perpendicular to the graph z = f(x, y) at the point with (x, y) = (a, b). True False
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It is false.

The gradient vector fa,b is not perpendicular to the graph z=fx, y at the point with x, y=a,b.

The gradient vector fa,b is perpendicular to the level curve on the graph z=fx, y at the point with x, y=a,b.

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