Department of Mathematics and Computer Science

Engineering Mathematics III

Worksheet #4 (February 24, 2022)

Lecturer: Mohsen Aghaeiboorkheili Topic: Partial Differentiation

In this worksheet, there will be some problems related to partial differentiation topic that already
discussed in the week 3 of the class. Students are encouraged to practice and solve these problems in
term of improving their ability in this topic. This worksheet will not be evaluated and it is just for
acquaintance of students with future quizzes. If you have any question regarding this worksheet, just
come to my room in the M CS221B.

Problem 1
∂f
Calculate ∂x for the function

f (x, y, z) = 2x2 − 4x2 y + 2y 2 + 5xz 2 − 6x + 3z − 8,

∂f ∂f
Then, find ∂y and ∂z by setting the other two variables constant and differentiating accordingly.
Solution

Problem 2
Calculate the three partial derivatives of the following function:

g(x, y, z) = x2 y − 4xz + y 2 x − 3yz.

Solution

Problem 3
∂f ∂f ∂f
Calculate ∂x , ∂y and ∂z for the function

f (x, y, z) = sec(x2 y) − tan(x3 yz 2 ).

Solution

Problem 4
Calculate all four second partial derivatives for the function

f (x, y) = sin(3x − 2y) + cos(x + 4y).

Solution

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Problem 5
Find the equation of the tangent plane to the surface defined by the function

f (x, y) = x3 − x2 y + y 2 − 2x + 3y − 2

at point (−1, 3).

Solution

Problem 6
Find the equation of the tangent plane to the surface defined by the function f (x, y) = sin(2x) cos(3y)
at the point (π/3, π/4).
Solution

Problem 7
Find the total differential dz of the function f (x, y) = 4y 2 + x2 y − 2xy and use it to approximate ∆z
at point (1, −1). Use ∆x = 0.03 and ∆y = −0.02. What is the exact value of ∆z?
Solution

Problem 8
2 2
Let f (x, y, z) = xyex +z −5 . Calculate the gradient of f at the point (1, 3, −2) and calculate the
directional derivative Du f at the point (1, 3, −2) in the direction of the vector v = (3, −1, 4).
Solution

Problem 9
Let f (x, y) = x2 y.
Find ∇f (3, 2).
Find the derivative of f in the direction of (2, 1) at the point (−3, 4).

Find the derivative of f in the direction of (2, 1) at the point (−4, −3).

Solution
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Problem 10
Find and classify all the critical points for

f (x, y) = 3x2 y + y 3 − 3x2 − 3y 2 + 2.

Solution

Problem 11
Find and classify all the critical points of the following functions:

f1 (x, y) = 2y − 9x − xy + 5x2 + y 2 ,
f2 (x, y) = x3 − y 3 + 8xy,

f3 (x, y) = (y − x)(1 − 2x − 3y),

f4 (x, y) = 12 x4 − 4xy 2 − 2x2 + 8y 2 ,
−8(x2 +y 2 )
f5 (x, y) = xye ,
√
f6 (x, y) = 8x − x y − 1 + x3 + 12 y − 12x2 .

Solution