Information Festival III (12.1-12.

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MATH 1C WINTER 2015
03-17-2015

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core values by upholding academic integrity in this assignment.

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Materials permitted for the Festival: one 3” x 5” note card (front and back)
Ti-83 or Ti-84 Calculator

Time: 100 minutes Total: 100 points

Directions: Please read the following directions carefully.

1. Turn off all cell phones and pagers now.

2. Please write your full name clearly which is registered for the class.

3. You are to defend all your answers for full credit in the exam. That means you need to show work. You must
defend your answers analytically (with algebra or calculus), unless stated otherwise. For open-ended questions,
you can earn significant points for showing clear, well-organized work even if your answer is not correct. Similarly,
you will lose significant points if you don’t show your work or display an answer (even if correct) with little or no
work. If your work is hard to read, it will be considered wrong.

4. Except for typographical errors and omissions, questions will neither be interpreted, nor explained.
Comprehension of all questions is considered a part of the examination.

5. Remember that your goal is to maximize your overall score. You don’t need to do this exam in numerical order.
Do easy problems first and then come back to the harder ones.

6. You are graded for correct mathematical notation as well as for the correct answer(s).

7. Simplify your final answers and write appropriate units when applicable.

8. Please keep your eyes on your own paper at all times.

9. If you have a question, need extra paper, etc., please raise your hand.

ENJOY 

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1. (12 points) Consider the following three points in 𝑅 3 .

𝑃 (1, 0, 0), 𝑄 (0, 2, 0), and 𝑅 (0, 0, 3)

(A) Find a normal vector of the plane that contains the three points.
(solution)

(B) Find the plane equation that contains the three points.
(solution)

(C) Find the line equation passing through the point 𝑅 that is perpendicular to the plane you found in (B).
(solution)

(D) Find the area of the triangle on the plane in the first octant.
(solution)

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2. (18 points) Consider the function 𝑧 = 𝑓(𝑥, 𝑦) = 𝑦 − 𝑥 2 .

(A) Plot the level curves of the function for 𝑧 = −2, −1, 0, 1, 2. Label them clearly.
(solution)

(B) Imagine the surface whose height above any point (𝑥, 𝑦) is given by 𝑧 = 𝑓(𝑥, 𝑦). Suppose you are
standing on the surface at the point (1, 2).
(i) What is your height?
(solution)

(ii) If you start to move on the surface parallel to the 𝑦-axis in the direction of increasing 𝑦, does
your height increase or decrease? Justify your answer using your contour map.
(solution)

(iii) Does your height increase or decrease if you start to move on the surface parallel to the 𝑥-axis
in the direction of increasing 𝑥? Justify your answer using your contour map.
(solution)

(iv) In which direction should you move on the surface not to get any change of height?
(solution)

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3. (15 points) Match all of the followings.

(A) 𝑧 = 𝑓(𝑥, 𝑦) = 𝑥 2 − 𝑦 2 (B) 𝑧 = 𝑓(𝑥, 𝑦) = √𝑥 2 + 𝑦 2

(C) 𝑧 = 𝑓(𝑥, 𝑦) = cos 𝑥𝑦 (D) 𝑧 = 𝑓(𝑥, 𝑦) = cos(𝑥 − 𝑦) (E) 𝑧 = 𝑓(𝑥, 𝑦) = 𝑥 2 + 𝑦 2

(I) (II) (III)

(IV) (V) (VI) (VII)

(1) (2) (3)

(4) (5) (6)

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 (i) (ii)

10 3

0 0

10 3

10 5 0 5 10 3 2 1 0 1 2 3

(iii) (iv) (v)

3
3 3

2
2 2

1
1 1

0 0
0

1 1
1

2 2
2

3 3
3

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

(solution)

Function Graph Contour Map Gradient Vector Field

(A)

(B)

(C)

(D)

(E)

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4. (27 points) Consider the function 𝑧 = 𝑓(𝑥, 𝑦) = √9 − 𝑥 2 − 𝑦 2 .
(A) Find the domain and range of the function.
(solution)

(B) What does the equation represent as a surface? Describe the surface and its contour map in words.
(solution)

(C) Sketch the level curves for the labels of 𝑘 = 0, 1, 2, and 3.

(solution)

(D) Find the tangent plane to the surface at the point (1, 2, 2) on the surface. Use the plane to approximate
𝑓(1.1, 1.9).
(solution)

(E) Find the equation of the normal line at the point (1, 2, 2).
(solution)

(F) Find the rate of change of 𝑓 at the point (1, 2) in the direction to the point (2, 5).
(solution)

(G) Find the rate at which the function decreases most rapidly at the point (1, 2).
(solution)

(H) Find the direction in which the function decreases fastest at the point (1, 2).
(solution)

(I) Find the tangent line to the level curve of 𝑓 with 𝑘 = 2 at the point (1, 2).
(solution)

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 2 𝜕𝑀
5. (5 points) Let 𝑀 = 𝑒 𝑦−𝑥 , 𝑥 = 2𝑢2 𝑣, 𝑦 = 3𝑢 + 𝑣. Find 𝜕𝑢
.
(solution)

6. (10 points) A heated plate has temperature 𝑇(𝑥, 𝑦) = 90 − (2𝑥 2 + 2𝑦 2 ) in oC at the point (𝑥, 𝑦).
Estimate the temperature at the point (1.1, 1.8) using the tangent plane at a proper point to the temperature
function. Is your estimate an overestimate or an underestimate? Explain how you know.
(solution)

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7. (10 points) Estimate 𝑓𝑦 (2, 3), where the values of 𝑓(𝑥, 𝑦) are given in the following table.

𝑥 𝑦 2.8 3 3.2
1.9 12 10 9
2 18 17 15
2.1 20 22 26
(solution)

8. (10 points) The level curves of a function 𝑧 = 𝑓(𝑥, 𝑦) are shown below. Assume that the scales along
the 𝑥-axis and 𝑦-axis are the same. Arrange the following quantities in ascending order. Give an
explanation for your reasoning.
𝑓𝑥 (𝑃), 𝑓𝑦 (𝑄), 𝑓𝑦 (𝑅), 𝑓𝑥 (𝑆), the number 0

(solution)

Make sure to go back and check your work including signs!

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