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1 Mark questions

 2u
1. Find , when u  e xyz
xy
2 z
2. Find , when z  sin  xy 
x 2 y
u
3. If u  x y , then find
x
u u
4. If u  sin 1   , then what is the value of x  y
y
?
 x x y
u
5. If u  x y , then find
y
x2 y2
6. What is the degree of homogeneous function u ( x, y )  ?
x y
x2  y2
7. What is the degree of homogeneous function u ( x, y ) 
x y
x y
8. What is the degree of homogeneous function u ( x, y )  ?
x y
u u
9. If u  x 2 y  xy 2 , then find the value of x y .
x y
du
10.If u  xy , where x  t 2 , y  t , find
dt
y
Answers: (1) e xy 1  xy  (2)  xy 2 cos  xy   2 y sin  xy  (3) u (4) 0
x
1
(5) u log e x (6) n  3 (7) n  0 (8) n  (9) 3u
2
(10) 3t 2

2 Mark Questions

 2u
1. If u  f  x  ay   g  x  xy  , then what is ?
y 2
 2u
2. If u  x m y n , then find the value of
yx

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u
3. If u  tan 1   , then what is
y
at 1,1
x x
 3u
4. If u  e x log 1  y  , then find the value of at  0, 0  ;
yx 2
x2 y3 u u
5. If sin u  , find the value of x  y
x y x y
x2 y3  2u  2u  2u
6. If u  , then find the value of x 2 2  2 xy  y2 2
x y x xy y
1
 x 13  y 13  2
7. What is the degree of homogeneous function u   1 1
 ?
 x 2  y 2 
dy
8. If x 3  y 3  3axy  1 , find using partial derivatives
dx
u u
9. If u  log  x 3  y 3  x 2 y  xy 2  , find the value of x  y
x y
10.At what rate is the area of a rectangle changing if its length is 15 mts and
increasing at 3 mts/sec while its width is 6 mts and increasing at 2 mts/sec.
Ans:48
1
Answers: (1) f   x  ay  a 2  g   x  xy  x 2 (2) mn x m1 y n 1 (3)  (4) 1
2
1 ay  x 2
(5) 4 tan u (6) 12u (7) n   (8) (9) n  3
12 y 2  ax
(10) 48mts/sec

4 Mark questions
x u 1 u
1. If u  x y , then show that   2u
y x log x y
 2u 2  u
2
2. If u  f  y  ax     y  ax  , then show that  a 0
x 2 y 2
 2u  2u
3. Verify that  for u  x3  y 3  3axy
xy yx

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 2r  2r 1
4. If x  r cos  , y  r sin  show that  
x 2 y 2 r
1  2u  2u  2u
5. If u  prove that   0
x2  y 2  z 2 x 2 y 2 z 2

 r  2  r  2  1
6. If x  r cos  , y  r sin  show that       
 x   x   r
 x3  y 3 
7. If u  tan 1   show that,
 x y 
u u
i. x y  sin 2u
x y
 2u  2u 2  u
2
ii. x2  2 xy  y  1  4sin 2 u  sin 2u
x 2
xy y 2

8. If u  sin 1  x2  y 2  show that,

u u
i. x y  tan u
x y
 2u  2u 2  u
2
ii. x2
 2 xy y  tan 3 u
x 2
xy y 2

1
 13  y 13  2 u u tan u
1 x
9. If u  sin  1  , then find the value of x  y ; Ans: 
1
 x 2  y 2  x y 12
1
 x2  y 2  2 sin 4u
10. If u  tan  1
 , then find the value of x u xx  2 xy u xy  y u yy ;
2 2
Ans:
 x y  16
 y x
11. If u  x 3 tan 1    y 3 sin 1   , then find the value of
x y
x 2 u xx  2 xy u xy  y 2 u yy  xu x  yu y . Ans: 9u
12. If u  x 3 tan 1  y / x   y 3 cos 1  x / y  , then find the value of x 2u xx  2 xy u xy  y 2u yy ;
Ans: 12u .


13. Find the exact differential of i) u  log e x 2  y 2 ii) u   x 2 y 

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2  xdx  ydy 
Ans: i) du  ii) du   2 xydx  x 2 dy 
x y
2 2

du
14. If u  xy ( x  y ) where, x  at 2 , y  2at then find ; Ans: 4a 3t 3  3t  4 
dt
u u u
15. If u  f  y  z , z  x, x  y  , then prove that   0
x y z
u u u
16. If u  f  x, y  , x  s  t , y  s  t , then find the value of  Ans: 2
s t x
du
xy    x 2 
 2 x  y 
17. If u  x 2 y and x 2  xy  y 2  1 , find ; Ans:  22xy
dx 2 y  x
du du
  e xy y    e xy x 
  y  1
18. If u  e xy and x  xy  y  1 , find . Ans:
dx dx  x  1
du
 
19. w  e x y cos 2 z, x  log t , y  log t 2  1 and z  t , find
dx

cos 2t 2t 
Ans: t  t 2  1   2 cos 2t  2sin 2t 
 t t 1 
20. Obtain the Taylor’s series for the function f  x, y   xy 2  y cos  x  y  about the
point 1, 1 .
Ans:
1
xy 2  y cos  x  y   2   x  1  3  y  1     x  1  6  x  1 y  1   y  1   ......
2 2

2 

 
21. Expand f  x, y   sin  xy  in powers of (x – 1) and  y   up to the second
 2
degree term.
2
2  
  1 
Ans: sin  xy   1   x  1   x  1  y     y    .........
2

8 2  2  2 2
22. Expand f  x, y   e x log 1  y  in powers of x and y up to terms of third degree.
1 1 2 1
Ans: e x log 1  y   y  xy  y 2 
2 2
 x y  xy 2   y 3  .........
3

23. Find the Minimum and Maximum values of the

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i) f  x, y   2  x 2  y 2   x 4  y 4 .
Ans: Max. at  1, 0  , Min. at  0,  1
ii) f  x, y   x3  3xy 2  15 x 2  15 y 2  72 x .
Ans: Max. at  4, 0  , Min. at  6, 0  .
24. Find the extreme value of xyz , when x  y  z  a, a  0 .

Ans: Extreme Value is a3 / 27 at  , ,  .

a a a
3 3 3
25. Find the extreme value of x p  y p  z p on the surface x q  y q  z q  1 , where
0  p  q, x  0, y  0, z  0 .
q p   1q  1q  1q 
Ans: Extreme Value is 3 q
at  3 ,3 ,3  .
 

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