UNIDAD CENTRAL DEL VALLE DEL CAUCA

FACULTAD DE INGENIERÍA
ASIGNATURA: MATEMÁTICAS III, Sem 2018 02
TALLER No 7: Functions of Several Variables (I)

Profesor: Efraín Vásquez Millán, Héctor García Arana

1. Partial Derivatives
1. Find both first partial derivatives.

a. f (x, y) = 2x − 3y + 5 f. f (x, y) = x2 − 3y 2 + 1
b. f (x, y) = x2 − 3y 2 + 1 g. z = ey sin xy
2 2
c. z = ln(x + y )
√ Zy Zx
d. z = x y h. f (x, y) = (2t + 1)dt + (2t − 1)dt
2 +y 2 )
e. h(x, y) = e−(x x y

2. Use the limit definition of partial derivatives to find fx (x, y) and fy (x, y)

a. f (x, y) = 2x + 3y 1
c. f (x, y) =
x+y
√
b. f (x, y) = x+y d. f (x, y) = arctan(y/x)

3. Evaluate fx and fy at the given point.

a. f (x, y) = arctan(y/x), b. f (x, y) = arc cos(xy), (1, 1) 6xy

c. f (x, y) = p , (1, 1)
(2, −2) 4x2 + 5y 2

4. Find the slopes of the surface in the x- and y- directions at the given point.

a. g(x, y) = 4 − x2 − y 2 , (1, 1, 2) b. h(x, y) = x2 − y 2 , (−2, 1, 3)

5. Find the first partial derivatives with respect to x, y and z. Evaluate fx , fy and fz at the given point.
p
a. f (x, y, z) = 3x2 + y 2 − 2z 2 , (1, −2, 1) c. f (x, y, z) = z sin(x + y), (0, π2 , −4)
xy
b. f (x, y, z) = , (3, 1, −1)
x+y+z

6. Show that the mixed partial derivatives fxyy , fyxy and fyyx are equal

a. f (x, y, z) = xyz c. f (x, y, z) = e−x sin(yz)

2z
b. f (x, y, z) = x2 − 3xy + 4yz + z 3 c. f (x, y, z) =
x+y

1
 ∂2z ∂2z
7. Show that the function satisfies Laplace’s equation + =0
∂x2 ∂y 2
1¡ y ¢ ¡y¢
a. z = e − e−y sin x b. z = arctan
2 x

∂z ³ ∂2z ´
8. Show that the function satisfies the heat equation = c2
∂t ∂x2
¡x¢ ¡x¢
a. z = e−t cos b. z = e−t sin
c c

∂2z ³ 2 ´
2 ∂ z
9. Show that the function satisfies the wave equation = c
∂t2 ∂x2
¡ ¢ ¡ ¢
a. z = sin x − ct b. z = ln x + ct

10. The temperature at any point (x, y) in a steel plate is T = 500 − 0· x2 − 1· 5y 2 , where x and y are measured
in meters. At the point (2, 3) find the rate of change of the temperature with respect to the distance
moved along the plate in the directions of the x- and y- axes.

11. The Ideal Gas Law states that P V = nRT , .... where P is pressure, V is volume, n is the number of moles
of gas,R is a fixed constant (the gas constant), and T is absolute temperature. Show that

∂T ∂P ∂V
= −1
∂P ∂V ∂T

2. Chain Rules for Functions of Several Variables

12. Find dwdt (a) using the appropriate Chain Rule and (b) by converting w to a function of t before differen-
tiating.
¡ ¢
a. w = cos x − y , x = t2 , y = 1 c. w = xy + xz + yz, x = t − 1, y = t2 − 1, z = t
b. w = xy cos z, x = t, y = t2 z = arc cos(t) d. w = xyz, x = t2 , y = 2t, z = e−t

13. The parametric equations for the paths of two projectiles are given. At what rate is the distance between
the two objects changing at the given value of t?
¡ ¢ ¡ ¢ ¡¢ ¡¢
x1 = 10 cos 2t , y1 = 6 sin 2t , first object x2 = 7 cos t , y2 = 4 sin t , second object
t = π2

14. Differentiate implicitly to find the first partial derivatives of z

a. tan(x + y) + tan(x + z) = 1 c. x ln(y) + y 2 z + z 2 = 8

b. z = ex sin(y + z) d. exz + xy = 0

15. Differentiate implicitly to find the first partial derivatives of w

a. xyz + xzw − yzw + w2 = 5 b. cos(xy) + sin(yz) + wz = 20