THE UNIVERSITY OF ZAMBIA

Department of Mathematics and Statistics

MAT2110: Engineering Mathematics I
Tutorial Sheet 8 (2022/2023)
1. (a) Verify that fxy = fyx if

i. iii.
f(x, y) = x 7 ln y + sin xy. f(x, y) = ex cos y.
ii.
f(x, y) = 3x 2 y − 2xy + 5y 2 .

(b) Verify that the following satisfy the Laplace‘s equation fxx + fyy = 0.

i. ii. y 
f(x, y) = ln(x + y ). f(x, y) = tan−1 .
x
2 2

2. (a) Let z = f(x, y) = x 2 + 3xy − y 2 .

i. Find the differential dz.
ii. If x changes from 2 to 2.05 and y changes from 3 to 2.96, compare the values of dz and ∆z.
(b) The base radius and height of a right circular cone are measured as 10 cm and 25 cm, respectively,
with a possible error in measurement of as much as 0.1 cm in each. Use total differentials to estimate
the maximum error in the calculated volume of the cone.
(a) The power P dissipated in a resistor is given by P = ER . If E = 200 volts and R = 8 ohms, find the
2
3.
change in P resulting from a drop of 5 volts in E and an increase of 0.2 ohms in R.
(b) Find the rate of change of the total surface area of a right circular cone at the instant when the base
radius is 5 cm and the height is 12 cm if the radius is increasing at 5 mm/s and the height is decreasing
at 15 mm/s.
4. (a) Find the equations of the tangent plane and normal line at the point (−2, 1, −3) to the ellipsoid

x2 z2
+ y2 + = 3.
4 9

(b) Find the equations of the tangent plane and normal line at the point (1 + π, 1, 1) to the surface given
by
x − z = 4 tan−1 (yz).

5. (a) Find the relative extrema of

f(x, y) = x 4 + y 4 − 4xy + 1.
(b) Find the shortest distance from the point (1, 0, −2) to the plane x + 2y + z = 4.
(c) A rectangular box without lid is to be made from 12 m2 of cardboard. Find the maximum volume of
such a box.
6. In each of the following, use the method of Lagrange multipliers.

(a) Find the extreme values of the function f(x, y) = x 2 + 2y 2 on the circle x 2 + y 2 = 1.
(b) Find the points on the sphere x 2 + y 2 + z2 = 4 that are closest to and farthest from the point (3, 1, −1).
(c) A rectangular box without lid is to be made from 12 m2 of cardboard. Find the maximum volume of
such a box.
(d) Find the maximum value of the function f(x, y, z) = x + 2y + 3z on the curve of the intersection of
the plane x − y + z = 1 and the cylinder x 2 + y 2 = 1.