MA2104

NATIONAL UNIVERSITY OF SINGAPORE

MA2104 – Multivariable Calculus

(Semester 1 : AY2019/20)

Time allowed : 2 hours

INSTRUCTIONS TO CANDIDATES

1. Please write your matriculation/student number only. Do not write your name.

2. This examination paper contains a total of SEVEN (7) questions and comprises
EIGHT (8) printed pages.

3. Write all answers on this examination paper.

4. The maximum score for this examination is 50 points.

5. This is a CLOSED BOOK examination. Students are allowed a helpsheet.

6. Students may use calculators.

Student #:

Question 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 Total
Marks
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Questions 1 to 4 are short answer questions. Each is worth 5 points.

Question 1 Suppose that a parametrized curve r(t) satisfies r0 (t) = h1, t, et i. Find the
curvature κ and the unit normal N to the curve when t = 0.

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Question 2 Set up the following integral as an integral (or sum of integrals) with the
order of integration “dy dx”
Z Z √4 25−y 2
f (x, y) dx dy.
3 3y−9

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Question 3 Evaluate the integral ZZZ

z dV,
E

where E is the (solid) tetrahedron with vertices (1, 0, 0), (0, −1, 0), (0, 1, 0) and
(1, 0, 1).

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Question 4 Let F be the two dimensional vector field given by

F(x, y) = hyexy + y, xexy + x + 2yi.

(a) Find a potential function f for the vector field F.

R
(b) Evaluate C F · dr, where C is the upper half of the circle of radius 1 centered at the
origin, traversed from the point (1, 0) to the point (−1, 0), followed by the line segment
that runs from (−1, 0) to (0, 0).

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Questions 5 to 7 are long answer questions. Each is worth 10 points.

Question 5 Evaluate the given integral, where E is the solid region inside the sphere
x2 + y 2 + z 2 = 1, outside the ellipsoid x2 + y 2 + 7z 2 = 4 and above the xy-plane.
ZZZ
z
2 2 2 3/2
dV.
E (x + y + z )

[Hint: Use spherical coordinates.]

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Question 6 Use the change of variables

y
u = ln x + ln y, v=
x
to evaluate the integral ZZ
1
dx dy,
D y2
where D is the region in the first quadrant bounded by the curves xy = e, xy = e2 ,
y = x and y = 2x.

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Question 7 Consider the surface S that is the lateral surface of a cylinder, given by

x2 + y 2 = 1, 0 ≤ z ≤ 1.

Endow S with the “outward” pointing normal, i.e., at any point P (x, y, z) on S, the
normal vector is n = hx, y, 0i. Let F be the vector field
2
sin(y 3 ) ex
F(x, y, z) = h 3 3
, 4 4
, 1 + z − 2z 3 i.
y +z +1 x +z +2
Evaluate the surface integral ZZ
F · dS.
S

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