Math 211-02 Multivariable Calculus, Spring 2016
Final Exam
May 10
1. (10 points)
(a) (5 points) Find the distance between the skew lines x = y = z and x+1 = y/2 = z/3.
(b) (5 points) Find the equation of the tangent plane and the equation of the normal
line to the ellipsoid x2 + 2y 2 + 4z 2 = 7 at (−1, −1, −1).
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2. (10 points) We are given the curve ~r(t) = h2t, 4 t, ln ti where 1 ≤ t ≤ e.
(a) (5 points) Find the arc length of this curve.
(b) (5 points) Find the curvature of this curve when t = 1.
3. (10 points) Consider the function
2x3 + y 3
f (x, y) =
2x2 + y 2
0
if (x, y) 6= (0, 0)
if (x, y) = (0, 0).
(a) (5 points) Prove that both fx (0, 0) and fy (0, 0) are 1.
(b) (5 points) Prove that f (x, y) is not differentiable at (0, 0). You can use the fact that
if g(x, y) is differentiable at (x0 , y0 ), then
g(x, y) − g(x0 , y0 ) − ∇g(x0 , y0 ) · hx − x0 , y − y0 i
p
= 0.
(x,y)→(x0 ,y0 )
(x − x0 )2 + (y − y0 )2
lim
4. (10 points)
(a) (5 points) Suppose f is a differentiable function of x and y, and
g(r, s) = f (2r − s, s2 − 4r).
Calculus gs (1, 2) using the following information. (Note that you do not need to use
all of the information given below.)
f (0, 0) = 3 g(0, 0) = 6 fx (0, 0) = 4 fy (0, 0) = 8
f (1, 2) = 6 g(1, 2) = 3 fx (1, 2) = 2 fy (1, 2) = 5
(b) (5 points) Let ~u be the unit vector in the direction of h1, 1i. Let f (x, y) = x2 +xy+y 2 .
Compute D~u2 f (x, y).
5. (10 points) Find the points at which the absolute maximum and minimum of the function
f (x, y) = xy − 1 on the disk x2 + y 2 ≤ 2 occur. State all points where the extrema occur
as well as the maximum and minimum values. 6. (10 points)
(a) (5 points) Evaluate the double integral
Z 8Z 2
4
ex dxdy.
y 1/3
0
(b) (5 points) Rewrite the following triple integral in the order dxdydz.
Z 1 Z 1 Z 1−y
f (x, y, z)dzdydx.
√
0
x
0
7. (10 points)
(a) (5 points) Prove that the limit does not exist
y 2 sin2 x
.
(x,y)→(0,0) x4 + y 4
lim
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(b) (5 points) Compute
zdV where E is the region between the spheres x2 +y 2 +z 2 =
E
p
4, x2 + y 2 + z 2 = 1 and above the cone z = x2 + y 2 .
8. (10 points)
R
3
(a) (5 points) Use Green’s theorem to compute C sin(x2 )dx + (x + yey )dy where C is
the ellipse x2 + 4y 2 = 4, in the counterclockwise direction.
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(b) (5 points) Evaluate the line integral
F~ · d~r where F~ is the gradient of
C
f (x, y, z) = esin(x) cos(y/2) tan(z)
and C is the straight line segment from (0, 0, 0) to (1, π, 1).
9. (10 points)
(a) (5 points) Compute the area of the part of the surface y = xz that lies within the
cylinder x2 + z 2 = 1.
RR
~ where F~ = hx, y, zi and S is the part of the cylinder
(b) (5 points) Compute S F~ · dS
2
2
x + y = 1 bounded between z = −1 and z = 1, oriented outward.
10. (10 points)
RR
(a) (5 points) Rewrite the surface integral of a scalar function S x2 + y + 4zdS, where
S is the sphere x2 + y 2 + z 2 = 4, as a surface integral of a vector field, and then use
the Divergence Theorem to compute its value.
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~ where F~ (x, y, z) = hexy , exz , x2 zi
(b) (5 points) Use Stokes’ theorem to evaluate S curlF~ ·dS
2
2
2
and S is the half of the ellipsoid 4x + y + 4z = 4, y ≥ 0, oriented in the direction
of the negative of y−axis.