To solve this problem, do the following step-by-step solution

1. Find hx (x,y), consider y to be constant and you should differentiate with respect to x as
shown:
𝜕𝜕 2
ℎ𝑥𝑥 (𝑥𝑥, 𝑦𝑦) = [𝑥𝑥 − 𝑦𝑦 2 ]
𝜕𝜕𝑥𝑥
𝑐𝑐𝑐𝑐𝑐𝑐𝑐𝑐𝑐𝑐𝑐𝑐𝑐𝑐𝑐𝑐
𝜕𝜕 2 𝜕𝜕 �
ℎ𝑥𝑥 (𝑥𝑥, 𝑦𝑦) = [𝑥𝑥 ] − [𝑦𝑦 2 ]
𝜕𝜕𝑥𝑥 𝜕𝜕𝑥𝑥

a. Next is to differentiate and then simplify the above equation

ℎ𝑥𝑥 (𝑥𝑥, 𝑦𝑦) = 2𝑥𝑥 − 0

ℎ𝑥𝑥 (𝑥𝑥, 𝑦𝑦) = 2𝑥𝑥

b. So, the slope of the surface in the x – direction is given by the following:

𝑚𝑚 = ℎ𝑥𝑥 (−2,1)

c. Substitute -2 for x into hx (x,y) = 2x.

𝒎𝒎 = 𝟐𝟐(−𝟐𝟐) = −𝟒𝟒
𝑆𝑆𝑆𝑆 𝑡𝑡ℎ𝑒𝑒 𝑎𝑎𝑎𝑎𝑎𝑎𝑎𝑎𝑎𝑎𝑎𝑎 𝑓𝑓𝑓𝑓𝑓𝑓 𝑡𝑡ℎ𝑒𝑒 𝑠𝑠𝑠𝑠𝑠𝑠𝑠𝑠𝑠𝑠 𝑜𝑜𝑜𝑜 𝑡𝑡ℎ𝑒𝑒 𝑠𝑠𝑠𝑠𝑠𝑠𝑠𝑠𝑠𝑠𝑠𝑠𝑠𝑠 𝑖𝑖𝑖𝑖 𝑡𝑡ℎ𝑒𝑒 𝑥𝑥 − 𝑑𝑑𝑑𝑑𝑑𝑑𝑑𝑑𝑑𝑑𝑑𝑑𝑑𝑑𝑑𝑑𝑑𝑑 𝑖𝑖𝑖𝑖 − 𝟒𝟒
2. Find hy (x,y), consider x to be constant and you should differentiate with respect to y as
shown:
𝜕𝜕 2
ℎ𝑥𝑥 (𝑥𝑥, 𝑦𝑦) = [𝑥𝑥 − 𝑦𝑦 2 ]
𝜕𝜕𝑥𝑥
𝑐𝑐𝑐𝑐𝑐𝑐𝑐𝑐𝑐𝑐𝑐𝑐𝑐𝑐𝑐𝑐
𝜕𝜕 � 𝜕𝜕 2
ℎ𝑥𝑥 (𝑥𝑥, 𝑦𝑦) = [𝑥𝑥 2 ] − [𝑦𝑦 ]
𝜕𝜕𝑥𝑥 𝜕𝜕𝑥𝑥

a. Next is to differentiate and then simplify the above equation

ℎ𝑦𝑦 (𝑥𝑥, 𝑦𝑦) = 0 − 2𝑦𝑦

ℎ𝑦𝑦 (𝑥𝑥, 𝑦𝑦) = −2𝑦𝑦

b. So, the slope of the surface in the y – direction is given by the following:

𝑚𝑚 = ℎ𝑦𝑦 (−2,1)

c. Substitute 1 for y into hy (x,y) = -2y.

𝒎𝒎 = −𝟐𝟐(𝟏𝟏) = −𝟐𝟐
𝑆𝑆𝑆𝑆 𝑡𝑡ℎ𝑒𝑒 𝑎𝑎𝑎𝑎𝑎𝑎𝑎𝑎𝑎𝑎𝑎𝑎 𝑓𝑓𝑓𝑓𝑓𝑓 𝑡𝑡ℎ𝑒𝑒 𝑠𝑠𝑠𝑠𝑠𝑠𝑠𝑠𝑠𝑠 𝑜𝑜𝑜𝑜 𝑡𝑡ℎ𝑒𝑒 𝑠𝑠𝑠𝑠𝑠𝑠𝑠𝑠𝑠𝑠𝑠𝑠𝑠𝑠 𝑖𝑖𝑖𝑖 𝑡𝑡ℎ𝑒𝑒 𝑥𝑥 − 𝑑𝑑𝑑𝑑𝑑𝑑𝑑𝑑𝑑𝑑𝑑𝑑𝑑𝑑𝑑𝑑𝑑𝑑 𝑖𝑖𝑖𝑖 − 𝟐𝟐