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Lecture#7
f
Q1. If the function f ( x, y)  e2 x cos y , then find at point  ln 3,   .
x
Answer (-18)

f
Q2. If f ( x, y)  sin( x 4 y 3 ) , then find .
x
Answer ( 4 x3 y3 cos( x 4 y3 ) )

f
Q3. If f ( x, y)  x ln(1  xy 1/4 ) , find .
y
x2
Answer (  )
4( y 5/4  xy)

 2h
Q4. Given that h(u, v)  ln uv 2  cos v . Find .
v 2
2
Answer (   cos v )
v2

Q5. If g( x, y )  ( x  3) ln( xy ) , then find both first order partial derivatives.

x x3
Answer ( ( x  3)  )
xy y
Q.6: Verify Euler’s theorem if f ( x, y)  e xy sin y

Q7 : Let g  ln ( 3x  3 y )  sin ( x  y )
2 g
a) Find
x 2
2 g
b) Find
y 2
 2 g 2 g
c) Check whether  2
x 2 y

2 g 2 g
Answer  2 holds true.
x 2 y

Lecture#8
x df
Q1. Suppose f ( x, y )  where x  eu and y  lnu . Use chain rule to find and write the
y du
answer in variable u only.
[u(ln u)  1]eu
Answer ( )
u(ln u)2
Q2.
If h  g (u , v, w)
u  u (t )
v  v (t )
w  w (t ), then state the chain rule for derivative of h with respect to t.
dh h du h dv h dw
Answer   
dt u dt v dt w dt

Q3. Let u  f ( x, y )  xy  cos y

x(t )  et
y (t )  t 2  1
du
Use chain rule to find and show it as a function of t.
dt
et (t 2  1)  t (et  sin t 2  1)
Answer ( )
t 2 1

Q4. Let w  g (u , v )  ln(u  v )

u (t )  e 2t
v(t )  t 2  t
dw
Use chain rule to find and express it as a function of t.
dt
dw 2e2t  2t  1
Answer (  2t 2 )
dt e t t
Q5: Find the partial derivatives with respect to x and y at point (1, 2).
g ( x, y)  x3 y 2 ln  xy 
Answer g x (1, 2)  12 ln 2  4, g y (1, 2)  4 ln 2  2

Lecture#9
Q1.
cos x f
Let f ( x, y )  ,x  u 2  vand y  v  eu  Find and simplify it as a function of u
y u
and v.
2u sin(u 2  v)eu e2u cos(u 2  v)
Answer (   )
(v  eu ) (v  eu )2

z
Q2. Let z  f ( x, y)  e xy , x(s, t )  3s cost and y(s, t )  4t 2 s . Use chain rule to find and
t
simplify it as a function of s and t.
(t sin t  2cos t ) )
2 2
Answer ( 12s2 te12 s t cos t

Q3.

If h  g (x, y, z)
u  u (r, s, t )
v  v (r,s, t )
w  w (r,s, t ), then state the chain rule for derivative of h with respect to r.
Answer
g g x g y g z
  
r x r y r z r