DEPARTMENT OF MATHEMATICAL SCIENCES,

FACULTY OF SCIENCE
UNIVERSITI TEKNOLOGI MALAYSIA
SEMESTER I 2012/2013
SSCE 1993/SSE 1893 Test 1(15%)
Answer all questions. Time: 1 hour 15 min.
1. Given z = 16 x
2

y
2
4
.
(a) Find the domain and the range of the function. [2 marks]
(b) Sketch the level curves of the function for z = 0, z = 1, z = 2,
and the surface of the function. [4 marks]
2. (a) The equation
z
3
xy + yz = 2 y
3
implicitly denes a dierentiable function z as a function of two
variables x and y. Find
z
y
.
[3 marks]
(b) Find

3
f
zyx
where f(x, y, z) = cos(x
2
+ y
3
+ z
4
). [4 marks]
3. According to Poiseuilles law, the resistance to the ow of blood oered by
a cylindrical blood vessel of radius r and length x is
R(r, x) =
cx
r
4
for a constant c > 0. Estimate the maximum percentage error in R when
the maximum percentage error in the measurement for r and x are 3% and
2% respectively.
[6 marks]
4. Find all the critical points of the function f(x, y) = 6x
2
2x
3
+3y
2
+6xy and
determine whether the critical point is a local maximum, local minimum or
saddle point.
[5 marks]
5. Evaluate

e
yx
dA
where R is the region bounded by the lines y = 2x, y = x and x = 1.
[6 marks]
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