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student Nunes: [Solutin. | Page tot QUEEN'S UNIVERSITY FACULTY OF APPLIED SCIENCE APSC 1723 MIDTERM EXAMINATION April 2012 Instructions: ‘This is a 90 minute exam. There are 3 questions worth a total of 30 marks as indicated in the box below. Answer all questions in the space provided. If you need more room, answer on the back of the previous page, Show all your work and explain how you arrived at your answers, unless explicitly told to do otherwise. Except where a decimal answer is asked for, it is preferable to leave answers in the form Y7, e, etc. However, do any obvious simplification. For example, ear cH s 2 7 r Z and ety = «+1. Only CASIO FX-991 or Gold Sticker calculators are permitted. Question | Possible | Received 1 16 2 6 3 8 Total 30 This material is copyrighted and is for the sole use of students registered in APSC 172] Winter and Spring term 2010 and writing this examination. This material shall not be distributed or disseminated. Failure to abide by these conditions is a breach of copyright and may also constitute a breach of academic integrity under the University Senate’s Academic Integrity Policy Statement. APSC 172J -‘April 2012 Student Number: Page 2 of 6 Problem 1: Multiple Choice (2 marks each) Each question has four possible answers, labelled (A), (B), (C), and (D). Choose the most appropriate answer. You DO NOT need to justify your answer. (1) If f(y) = Inet Va? Fx), what is fe(3,4)? 1 . ens a RF x (4) 5 f= ape tS a x) = wep | Teepe (B) 1/8 . (C) 8/5 sey (D) 17/16 fbae sg ANSWER TO (1): __4 (2) The linearization of the function z = 2=+? a¢ (1,0) is 4y+1 ee 2 2 Kt i (A) Ley)= 3420-20 R= GG Set een (B) L(a,y)=3+20-12y @ ¥=1, Yeo 2a, Bee 20 anf ans (©) Ley) = 5420-20 % Ling) = 5+ 2lx4) + 620) (4-0) (D) L(x,y) = 2x + 20y 1 Usd)= 3 42x 24 anowsr To (2): _A (8) The fiction z =,f(z,y) is given implicitly by the following equation: a? + 2y? — 32? = aly +2) ae Find 2. ax - 62 22 = qyrayex(or ZB) 2 (A) 2 2x -q-2a = (x+ 62) ria 4 @) ob ae re ct+Gz rs x62 ANSWER TO (3): _© APSC 172J - April 2012 Student Number: Page 3 of 6 (4) Level curves are shown for a function j. Which one of the following is true? y 3 ZE BE 8 Fo 10 z (A) fe <0, fre > 0 (B) fy <0, fy >0 (C) fay <9, fry <0 (D) far <0, fey > 0 ANSWER TO (4): ee (5) Find the maximum rate of change of f(x,y) = ze at the point (2,4) : (aya fre- hh, tye 3e (B) 43 FAs t- BP = C4, 4] (© -4 wefi= [rateet = 402 (D) 2 ANSWER TO (5):__8_ (6) Find the directional derivative of the function f(x,y) = 1+ 2x,/9 at the point (3,4) in the direction w = [4,-3). x (A) 41 "ip (B) 205 (0) 23 <4. fys Ffs ta, 2] (D) -04 df= FEF ANSWER TO (6): _© APSC 172J - April 2012 Student Number: Page 4 of 6 (7) Find the tangent plane of the surface z = 4x? — y* + 2ry at the point (1,—1) 3 By 42k (A) 62-y-2=7 se ‘ (B) 6c-y-z=4 i a # Specs 299 al Faapent ws ()am Gute F ag Sixt eray (ye (D) «-6y+2=4 fe-Y~ Bom. ANSWER To (7): _B. (8) Suppose f = f(x,y) is a differentiable function of x and y, where x = 2r —s and —4r. Use the following table of values to calculate 2 atr=lands=1 folzy) | flay) Q,v) 2 4 (1,—3) a 5 (a)2 28-4 3b =28 (B) 8 if vet, Sot, thee X91, Yo ()6 So af =f a) 3s + 0,3) 3% (D) 9 ANSWER 0 (8): __D StG)46-2 i APSC 172J - April 2012 Student Number: Page 5 of 6 Problem 2: (6 marks) Let f(x,y) = x? + 2y?. (1) Sketch the level curves for f(x,y) = 2,4,6,8. Label your graph clearly. 2 Maer wehaue 1292 i Bagh ga we hore fee afer, oe howe 1, Po Fea “Eee AFR Bhue ~2 xa (2) Find the gradient vector v7f(—2, 1). £,=2K ty aay ot X=2. Hep fed, fea S Bfran) = C4, 4] (3) On the level curves you have in part (1), sketch the gradient veetor yf(—2, 1). APS 172J - April 2012 Student Number: Page 6 of 6 Problem 3: (8 marks) Let f(x,y) = 3¢ — 23-2? +y'. (1) Find the partial derivatives f, and f,. £,=3-3x> fy s4yu+ey) (2) Find all critical points. lt fer. fy =0 ( 3-3x*=0 O bbrA= +] leaytaegd= 0D by Y=1, Yet, Feo Critical poluts ane C0), UA, G0), 41), Gi, a), Ete) (3) Classify the critical points, Find which critical point is local maximum, local minimum, or saddle point. Please show all details. fea= 8, fyys gene tyre >= fee fyy fy = —bx (ae +re#) =~ 24x (391) at Gat) Da -b¥ <0 | 1) ag a Seclelle poiat at U,-) pe-4gco Ul) as 6 seddlle port at (0) D = 2470 she fey =-b <0. So (2) 4s @ bocel max at (=1,1) = 4850. ome b= b>0 Cty ae botel mia a(t) p= 48 >0. smu fyy=b 0, (1, He bocel ana at (1,9) erheco, t-to)M « Saddle pint . APSC 172J - April 2012

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