MAT 21C-22 SSII - Jason Barnett - Exam 1

Name:

You have 50 minutes to complete this exam. No calculators, notes, or books may be used.

Please clear everything off of your desk. Make sure to write legibly and show all work unless

otherwise stated. Anything unreadable will not be graded. If anything is unclear, feel free to

ask for clarification. The exam is out of 100 points.

Problem Points
1 /10
2 /10
3 /10
4 /5
5 /10
6 /20
7 /15
8 /20
total /100
1. (1 point) Find the Taylor series generated by f at x = a.

(a)
x5
f (x) = , a=0
1−x

2. (1√point) Estimate the error when P2 (x) = 1 + x/2 is used as an approximation for
f (x) = 1 + x for |x| < 0.01.

3. (1 point) Find the centers and radii of the sphere 2x2 + 2y 2 + 2z 2 + y − 2z = 4.

4. (1 point) Consider a 20 Newton weight suspended by two wires at angles of α and β degrees
below the ceiling, as in the chandelier example done in class. If the forces acting on the wires
are |F1 | = |F2 | = 20 Newtons, find α and β.

5. (1 point) Find whether u and v are perpendicular to each other, parallel, or neither.

(a) u = h1, 2, 3i, v = h2, −1, 0i.

(b) u = 5i − j + 2k, v = 10i − 2j + 4k
(c) u = h0, 1i, v = h2, −1i

6. (1 point) Find the area of the triangle determined by the points P (1, 1, 0), Q(2, 1, −1), and
(−1, 2, 5) and find a unit vector perpendicular to the plane P QR.

7. (4 points) Find the magnitude of the torque exerted by F on a bolt if the length of the
wrench is 1 m, |F| = 20 N, and the force is applied at a 45 degree angle.

8. (1 point) A cannonball is shot with an initial speed of 19.6 m/s at an angle of elevation of
30 degrees from the origin. Show all of your work.

(a) Find the position equation r(t) for the cannonball.

(b) Find the flight time of the cannonball. Simplify your answer.

9. (1 point) Find the functions domain, range, determine whether the domain is open/closed/neither,
bounded/unbounded, and describe the shape of the level curves f (x, y) = c.

(c) h(x, y) = ln(x2 + y 2 − 4)

10. (1 point) Find the following limits, or show that they don’t exist.

(a)
 2
1 1
lim + 2 .
(x,y)→(2,−3) x y
(c)
xy + 1
lim
(x,y)→(1,−1) x2 − y 2

11. (1 point) At what points in the plane are the functions f (x, y) continuous?

(a)
x + 2y
f (x, y) =
3 + cos(x)