Quiz 10 MA 261

Instructions. Show all work, with clear logical steps. No work or hard-to-
follow work will lose points.
Problem 1. Find an equation of the tangent plane to

r(u, v) = u − 2v, u2 − 4v, v 2 − 2v

at the point (0, 0, −1).

Solution. We compute ru = h1, 2u, 0i and rv = h−2, −4, 2v − 2i , so

ru × rv = h2u(2v − 2), 2 − 2v, −4 + 4ui .

At the point (0, 0, −1), we must have u = 2v, which means that u2 − 4v =
u2 − 2u = 0, so u = 0 or u = 2. Since v 6= 0 (looking at the third component
of r(u, v)), we must have u = 2, v = 1. Plugging this into ru × rv , we find a
normal vector to the tangent plane to be n = h0, 0, 4i . Thus an equation of the
tangent plane at the point (0, 0, −1) is

0 + 0 + 4(z + 1) = 0,

or z = −1.
Problem 2. Evaluate the surface integral
ZZ
(x2 + y 2 + z) dS,
S

where S is the part of the graph of the paraboloid z = 4 − x2 − y 2 above the

xy-plane.
Solution. We parametrize the surface S as a graph with g(x, y) = 4 − x2 − y 2
for (x, y) ∈ D, where D = {(x, y) | x2 + y 2 ≤ 4}. Then
ZZ ZZ
(x2 + y 2 + z) dS = (x2 + y 2 + z) |rx × ry | dA
S D
s 2  
ZZ
∂g ∂g
= (x2 + y 2 + z) − + − + 1 dA
D ∂x ∂y
ZZ p
= (x2 + y 2 + 4 − x2 − y 2 ) 4x2 + 4y 2 + 1 dA
D | {z }
z
Z 2π Z 2 p
= 4 4r2 + 1r drdθ
0 0
Z 2π Z 17
1 1/2
= dθ u du
0 1 2
2π √
= (17 17 − 1)
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