For the function
Evaluating this expression to three decimal places gives the unit tangent vector
Step 1 :The level curve of a function
Step 2 :First, we need to find the gradient of
Step 3 :The partial derivative of
Step 4 :The partial derivative of
Step 5 :So the gradient of
Step 6 :We evaluate the gradient at the point
Step 7 :The tangent vector to the level curve is perpendicular to the gradient. We can find a vector perpendicular to
Step 8 :So a vector perpendicular to
Step 9 :We want a unit vector, so we need to normalize this vector. The length of the vector is
Step 10 :Dividing the vector by its length gives the unit vector
Step 11 :Evaluating this expression to three decimal places gives the unit tangent vector