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Homework 1 of Math 200 due on 5-10, September 2011.
1. Let P (5, 4, 2) be a point and :
(a) Give a point A(
is parallel to .

x+1
y3
z1
=
=
be a line.
2
3
1
) on , and a vector v = (

(b) If Q is point on , then write Q(

some t R.
(c) Find the value of t =

3. Show that the projection into the xy-plane of the intersection of the plane z = 2y
and the paraboloid z = x2 + y 2 is a circle.
Solution. For any point P (x, y, z) lying in the intersection, then the real numbers
x, y and z satisfy both equations: z = 2y and z = x2 + y 2 . After the projection
onto the xy-plane, then the variable z will not play any role at all, i.e. we need
to eliminate the variable z from both equations.

) in terms A and v for

if P Q is perpendicular to .

Solution.
4. Determine the domain and the range of f (x, y) = x2xy
+y 2
is
defined
if
the
denominator
x2 + y 2 = 0, i.e.
Solution. (a) The fraction x2xy
2
+y
(x, y) = (0, 0), so the largest possible domain of f is { (x, y) R2 | x2 +y 2
}=
R2 \ {
}.
Note that A \ B = { x A | x
/ B } is the set which contains all the elements in
the set A but in the set B.
(b) To determine the range of f, parameterize the points in Dom(f ) by polar
coordinates, so f (x, y) = f (r cos , r sin ) =

2. Let be the line of intersection of the planes 1 : x+2y z = 2, and 2 : 3x+2y +

2z = 7. (a) Prove that is parallel to the line : x = 1 + 6t, y = 3 5t, z = 2 4t.
(b) Find an equation of the plane determined by these two lines and . ( Hint:
find out a normal vector of plane i .)
Proof. Let n1 = (
,
,
) and n2 = (
,
,
) be normal
vectors of these two planes i (i = 1, 2) . Then the line of intersection of planes
i (i = 1, 2) is given by n1 n2 =

The range of f is
f (x) where x Dom(f ).

, which is a subset of real values in R taken by

5. Describe and sketch the level curves/surfaces of the following equations (on the
other side if needed)
(a) 3x + 2y + 10z = 20 (b) x2 + y 2 = 9 (c) xy = 4 (d) z = 4x2 + y 2
(e) z = 4 x2 y 2 (f) z 2 = 4(x2 + y 2 ) (g) x2 = 4z + 8
(h) x2 + y 2 9z 2 = 9 (i) y 2 9x2 4z 2 = 36
Solution.