In Which Direction Does the Directional Derivative For $f ( x , y ) = x ^ { 2 } y$

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In which direction does the directional derivative for $f ( x , y ) = x ^ { 2 } y$ at $( 1,1 )$ have value 1? Value $- 2$ ? Is there a direction for which the value is 4?

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