Math 201–Exam 2 (Spring 21) Profs. B. Shayya and T. Tlas, and H.

Yamani

• Unjustified answers will receive little or no credit.

Problem 1. (i) (8 pts) Find all polar coordinate representations of the point (r, θ) = (3, π/4).
(ii) (8 pts) Write r = 2 sin θ in Cartesian coordinates.

Problem 2. (i) (12 pts) Does

x5 y + x2 y 2
lim
(x,y)→(0,0) x4 + y 2
exist? Why or why not?
(ii) (6 pts) What about
x2 y 2
lim ?
(x,y)→(0,0) x4 + y 4

(iii) (6 pts) What about

x5 y
lim ?
(x,y)→(0,0) x6 + y 6

Problem 3. (i) (14 pts) Find the domain and range of the function
 p
1 − x2 − y 2 if y ≥ 0,
f (x, y) =
ln(1 − x2 − y 2 ) if y < 0.

Determine if the domain of f is an open region, a closed region, or neither. Also, decide if the
domain is bounded or unbounded.
(ii) (6 pts) Find the level curves f (x, y) = 3/4 and f (x, y) = −1.
(iii) (15 pts) Let
r + 3s r + ln s
x= , y= , and w = f (x, y).
6+r+s 1+r
Use the chain rule to hind ∂w/∂r and ∂w/∂s at the point (r, s) = (1, 1).

Problem 4. (i) (5 pts) Use the fact that

∞
X x2n+1 x3 x5 x7
sin x = (−1)n =x− + − +··· (x ∈ R)
n=0
(2n + 1)! 3! 5! 7!

to find a power series expansion for the function f (x) = cos x about the origin.
(ii) (10 pts) Use Taylor’s theorem to find a closed interval I centered at the origin such that the
error resulting from the approximation

x2
cos x ≈ 1 − (x ∈ I)
2!
is of magnitude no greater than 1/150. R1
(iii) (10 pts) Use Taylor’s theorem to approximate 0 cos(x2 )dx with an error of magnitude no
greater than 1/120.