Midterm Exam

Calculus II 2021.10.22

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1. (5 points) Let 
   〈
  〉 and 
   〈 
 〉 and let 
  be the

vector projection of 
   onto 
   for  ≥ . Find the value of
∞

    .



2. (4 points) Find the volume of the tetrahedron with vertices as

     ,      ,      , and      .

3. (4 points) Find the parametric equation of the line that passes

through the point       and intersects perpendicularly with
    
the line      .
  

4. Let  be the curve with vector function 

   〈
    〉.
(a) (2 points) Find the point on the curve  at which the curvature
is a maximum.
(b) (2 points) Find the osculating plane of the curve  at the point
of (a).
(c) (3 points) Find the center of the osculating circle of the curve 
at the point of (a).
(d) (1 points) Find the equations of the osculating circle of the curve
 at the point of (a).
(e) (2 points) Find the torsion of the curve  at the point of (a).

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   
5. (4 points) Find lim    if it exists.
 →        

 
6. (5 points) Find  if the equation
 
  ln  
defines  as a function of the two independent variables  and 
and the second partial derivative exists.

7. (4 points) Given that  is a differentiable function with       ,

      and       , find the linearization of  at   
and use a linear approximation to estimate     .

8. (4 points) The directional derivative of     at     in the

direction of    is 
 and in the direction of   is  . In
what direction does of  have the maximum rate of change? What
is this maximum rate of change?

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