MATH 2673 CRN 41986 Calculus III: Exam 1 Fall 2009

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Note that exam is out of 105 points but you will only be graded out of 100 points. Read the exam carefully
and do the easiest problems rst. Please show all work and use a pencil. Give exact answers.
Write the equation of all planes in standard form. Please circle your answers. Good Luck!
1. (15) Identify the surface.
(a) x
2
+ 4y
2
+ 9z
2
= 1
(b) x
2
y
2
+z
2
= 1
(c) y = 2x
2
+z
2
(d) y
2
= x
2
+ 2z
2
(e) x
2
+y
2
z
2
= 1
2. (10) Find the symmetric and parametric equations of the line through the points (1, 2, 3) and (4, 5, 6).
3. (10) Answer the following as TRUE or FALSE:
(a) If a b = 0 then either a = 0 or b = 0. TRUE/FALSE
(b) The length of the vector 2v is twice the length of v. TRUE/FALSE
(c) For any vectors u and v in R
3
,
|u v| = |v u|. TRUE/FALSE
(d) For any vectors u and v in R
3
,
(uv)u = 0. TRUE/FALSE
(e) The set of points {(x, y, z) | x
2
+y
2
= 1} is a circle. TRUE/FALSE
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4. (10) (a) Find a vector of length 4 that is perpendicular to u =< 1, 2, 3 > . How many such vectors are
there?
(b) Are the lines x = t, y = 2 2t, z = 3t and x = t, y = 1 2t, z = t perpendicular? Why or
why not?
5. (15) Let n =< 1, 1, 1 >.
(a) What is the equation of the plane P containing (0, 0, 0) with normal vector n?
(b) Find 2 unit vectors u
1
and u
2
in the plane P which are not parallel to one another.
(c) What is the relationship between n and u
1
u
2
?
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6. (10) Given the points P = (1, 1, 0), Q = (2, 1, 1), R = (1, 1, 2), nd
(a) The area of the triangle PQR.
(b) The equation of the plane containing P, Q and R.
7. (10) How much work does it take to slide a crate 20m along a loading dock by pulling on it with a 200 N
force at an angle of 30

from the horizontal?

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8. (15) (a) The line through the origin perpendicular to a plane intersects the plane at the point (2, 1, 1).
Find an equation of the plane.
(b) A plane through (2, 2, 5) is perpendicular to the line through (1, 1, 1) and (2, 3, 1). Find the
equation of the plane.
(c) Does the line x = t, y = 3t 2, z = t intersect the plane x + y + z = 1? If so what is the point
of intersection?
9. (10) Find parametric equations for the line of intersection of the planes:
3x 6y 2z = 15, 2x +y 2z = 5.