Name: Recitation:

Multivariable Calculus
Math 215 Fall 2003

First Exam
October 9, 2003

Please do all your work in this booklet and show all the steps. Write your nal answer in the corresponding box. Calculators and note-cards are not allowed.

Problem Possible points Score 1 15 2 10 3 20 4 10 5 15 6 10 7 10 8 10 Total 100

Problem 1. (15 pts.) (a 5 pts.) Find the area of the triangle with vertices A(1, 0, 0), B (0, 1, 0), and C (0, 0, 1) and compare it to the area of its shadow on the xy -plane.

(a) Answer: (b 5 pts.) Find the distance from the point P (14, 4, 8) to the plane 6x 2y + 3z = 2.

(b) Answer: (c 5 pts.) Find an equation of the sphere centered at the point P (14, 4, 8) and touching the plane 6x 2y + 3z = 2.

(c) Answer:
15

Problem 2. (10 pts.) (a 5 pts.) Find an equation of the plane containing the line L : r(t) = (2 + 3t)i + (1 2t)j + (1 + t)k and the point P (1, 3, 1).

(a) Answer: (b 5 pts.) Find a parametric equation of the line of intersections of the planes x y + 2z = 2 and 3x + y z = 4.

(b) Answer:
10

Problem 3. (20 pts.) Find or estimate, depending on the type of data provided, partial derivatives fx and fy at the point P (3, 2) for the following four functions: (a) Function f1 is given by the formula: f1 (x, y ) = x2 cos(xy )

(a) Answer: (b) Function f2 is given by the table: f2 (x, y ) x = 2.8 x = 3.0 x = 3.2 x = 3.4 y = 2.1 1.20 1.35 1.50 1.64 y = 2.0 1.26 1.41 1.55 1.70 y = 1.9 1.31 1.46 1.61 1.75 y = 1.8 1.37 1.52 1.66 1.81 (b) Answer: (c) Function f3 is given by its level curves:
5 1 4 3 4 2 0 2 1 0 2 5 1 3 0 1 2 3 4 5 2 1

3 y

(c) Answer: (d) The only thing we know about the function f4 is its gradient vector at P (3, 2):

(d) Answer:
20

Problem 4. (10 pts.) A gnat with a keen grasp of multivariable calculus notes that the relative humidity in the greenhouse 1 1 in which it is ying is given by H (x, y, z ) = sin(xy ) + . 2 z+1 (a 5 pts.) Which direction should the gnat y from its current position of (, 2, 1) to decrease the humidity of the air around it the fastest (it is not necessary to give your answer as a unit vector)?

(a) Answer: (b 5 pts.) How does the humidity change if it instead ies in the direction of the point ( + 3, 2, 5)? (Give your answer as a rate of change in this direction).

(b) Answer:
10

Problem 5. (15 pts.) Suppose that three quantities x, y , and z , are constrained by the equation 2x2 + 3y 2 + z 2 = 20. The graph of this equation is a surface S in space. (a 5 pts.) Verify that the point P (2, 1, 3) is a point on S and nd the equation of the tangent plane to S at this point.

(a) Answer: (b 5 pts.) Near P (2, 1, 3) we can think of z as a function of x and y , z = f (x, y ). Without nding f (x, y ) explicitly, determine its linear approximation Lf near x = 2, y = 1.

(b) Answer: (c 5 pts.) Approximate the value of z corresponding to x = 1.97 and y = 1.12.

(c) Answer:
15

Problem 6. (10 pts.) Corn production, C , is a function of rainfall, R, and temperature, T ; C = C (R, T ). Of course, R and T are functions of time t. If at the present moment CR = 3.3, CT = 5, and the current climate model predicts that Rt = 0.2 and Tt = 0.1, do you expect the corn production to increase or to decrease?

Answer:
10

Problem 7. (10 pts.) Multiple Choice. (1) The gradient vector f of the function f (x, y ) at the point P (a) Must be parallel to the level curve of f through P . (b) Must be perpendicular to the level curve of f through P . (c) None of the above.

(2) If r (t) is parallel to r (t), (a) The trajectory r(t) must be a straight line. (b) The trajectory r(t) must be a circle. (c) None of the above.

(3) If r (t) is perpendicular to r (t), (a) The trajectory r(t) must be a straight line. (b) The trajectory r(t) must be a circle. (c) None of the above.

(4) If for two non-zero vectors v and w we have v w = 0 (a) v and w must be parallel. (b) v and w must be perpendicular. (c) None of the above.

(5) If for two non-zero vectors v and w we have v w = 0 (a) v and w must be parallel. (b) v and w must be perpendicular. (c) None of the above.

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Problem 8. (10 pts.) Match the following functions, graphs, level curves
2

(a) f (x, y ) = cos(x + y )

(I)
4 2

(A)
y

3 2 1 1 2

0 1 2 3 3 2 1

x
2 2

0 x

(b)

f (x, y ) = 10xyex

(II)
1 0 1 3 2 1 1 2 3

(B)
y

0 1 2 3 3 2 1

0 x

(c)

f (x, y ) = cos(3x)

(III)

6 4 2

(C)
y

0 2 4 3 2 1 1 0 1 2 3 3 2 1 0 2 3

x
3 3 2 1 0 x 1 2 3

5 (d) f (x, y ) = 2 x + 2y 2 + 1

(IV)
1 0 1 3 2 1 1 2 3

(D)
y

0 1 2 3 3 2 1

3 3 2 1 0 x 1 2 3

(e)

f (x, y ) = x y + 1

(V)
1 0 1

(E)
y

3 2 1 1 2

0 1 2 3 3 2 1

x
3 3 2 1 0 x 1 2 3

by lling up the table below: Function

Graph

Level Curves

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