SOLUTIONS TO PRACTICE PROBLEMS FOR EXAM I

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1. (a) 2 2; (b) h , 0, i; (c) 6; (e) ;

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(f) h4, 1, 3i; (g) ; (h) h1.5, 0, 1.5i; (i) h1.5, 0, 1.5i + h0.5, 1, 0.5i;
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(j) h2, 2, 2i.
~ B|
~ is the area of the parallelogram spanned by A
~ and B.
~ |A(
~ B
~ C)|
~
2. |A
~ B
~ and C.
~
is the volume of the parallelepiped spanned by A,
3. (a) FALSE ; (b) FALSE ; (c) FALSE.

4. (b) arccos


.

2 7

5. (a) h1, 3, 2i ; (b)

14.

6. x + y + z + 1 = 0.

7. (a) P (88, 27, 66); (b) arccos
8. (a) (1, 0, 3 + 3); (b)


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10 .

9. (a) fx (x, y, z) = y cos(xy + z) , fy (x, y, z) = x cos(xy + z) , fz (x, y, z) =

cos(xy + z); (b) 0.
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10. r1 (t), since (t + )2 (t )2 + 4 = 8.
t
t
11. 4x 8y + z = 1.
12. (a) (df )(1, 1) = 2 dx dy;
(0.1) = 3.3.

(b) f (1.1, 0.9) f (1, 1) + 2 0.1 + (1)

13. The level surfaces of a function f of three variables x, y, z are the

surfaces with equations f (x, y, z) = k where k is a constant.
14. f (x, y, z) = x2 + y 2 cos(xy) z,
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g(x, y) = x2 + y 2 cos(xy).

15.


 2

dz 
2
2
2
2
2
= sin(2tet ) + 2tet cos(2tet ) 2tet + e2t cos(2tet ) 2.
dt

16. V (r, h) =
(in3 /sec).

1 2
r h,
3

dV
V
dr V
dh
=
(120, 140) +
(120, 140)
= 8160
dt
r
dt
h
dt

17. 3x + 8y + 36z = 169.

f
f
2
4
3
=
= 0, i.e. the points ( , , )
x
z
19
19 2 19
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4
2
and ( , , ).
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18. The points where

19. f (2, 3, 4) = 40 and the differential of f at (2, 3, 4) is

24
32
df = 60 dx +
dy +
dz .
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Taking dx = .02, dy = .01 and dz = .03 we obtain:
f (1.98, 3.01, 3.97)
= 40 1.344 = 38.656.
(Calculator answer: 38.67276)