Use the contour diagram of in the figure below to decide if the specified directional derivatives below are positive, negative, or approximately zero.

graph of contours: contours are concentric circles, centered on the origin, with contour values (listed from the innermost contour out) 16,14,12,10

(a) At point , in direction :   is

(b) At point , in direction :   is

(c) At point , in direction :   is

(d) At point , in direction :   is

(e) At point , in direction :   is

(f) At point , in direction :   is

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