Spring 2023 February 6, 2023

Math 2551 Worksheet 8: Limits, Continuity, & Partial Derivatives

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1. Let f (x, y) = + . Find lim f (x, y) or show it does not exist.
x y (x,y)→(2,−3)

x − 2y
2. Let f (x, y) = . Find lim f (x, y) or show it does not exist.
x3 − 8y 3 (x,y)→(2,1)

y2
3. Let f (x, y) = . Find lim f (x, y) or show it does not exist.
x2 + y 2 (x,y)→(0,0)
 
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4. At what points (x, y) in the plane is f (x, y) = cos continuous?
xy
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5. At what points (x, y, z) is h(x, y, z) = continuous?
1− ln (x2 + y2 + z2)
6. Below is a contour plot for a function f (x, y), with values for some of the contours
indicated on the left of the figure.

(a) Estimate the partial derivative fx (−2, −1).

(b) Estimate the partial derivative fy (−2, −1).
(c) Locate, if possible, one point (x, y) where fx (x, y) = 0.
(d) Locate, if possible, one point (x, y) where fx (x, y) < 0.