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Name: Uid:: Math32a/1, R. Kozhan Midterm 2 Nov 21, 2011

This document appears to be a midterm exam for a calculus class. It contains 5 multi-part math problems testing skills like sketching curves, finding partial derivatives, applying the Archimedean principle to calculate density from weight measurements in air and water, determining continuity of functions, and taking partial derivatives in terms of other variables. The student is instructed to show their work, and no outside materials are allowed. The exam is out of a total of 50 points.

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Name: Uid:: Math32a/1, R. Kozhan Midterm 2 Nov 21, 2011

This document appears to be a midterm exam for a calculus class. It contains 5 multi-part math problems testing skills like sketching curves, finding partial derivatives, applying the Archimedean principle to calculate density from weight measurements in air and water, determining continuity of functions, and taking partial derivatives in terms of other variables. The student is instructed to show their work, and no outside materials are allowed. The exam is out of a total of 50 points.

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Math32a/1, R.

Kozhan Midterm 2 Nov 21, 2011

Name: UID:
Circle your TA and discussion session: 1A-Tues-Mike OBrien 1B-Thur-Mike OBrien 1C-Tues-Je Lin 1D-Thur-Je Lin 1E-Tues-Jordy Greenblatt 1F-Thur-Jordy Greenblatt

Instructions: If you get stuck, move on to the next question! You dont have a lot of time. Show all work if you want to get full credit. I reserve the right to take o points if I cannot see how you arrived at your answer even if your nal answer is correct. No books, notes, electronics (incl. calculators and cell-phones) are allowed. Good luck!

Question Max Your score 1 6 2 14 3 10 4 10 5 10 Total 50


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Problem 1 (a) (2 points) Sketch the curve y 2 9x2 9 = 0 in R2 .

(b) (2 points) Write the denition of the partial derivative fx (a, b) of a function f at a point (a, b).

(c) (2 points) Write what it means for a function of two variables f to be dierentiable at a point (a, b).

Problem 2 If you dont know how to solve part of this problem, you may skip it and solve the other parts. (a) (3 points) Classify and sketch (very roughly) the surface given by the equation x2 2y 2 + z 2 + 2x 6z + 12 = 0 (b) (2 points) Find the parametric equation of its axis of symmetry. (c) (3 points) Describe all possible traces of this surface in planes parallel to xz -plane. (d) (4 points) Viewing z as a function of independent variables x and y , nd the derivative z z and y at the point (1, 3, 1). x (e) (2 points) Find the tangent plane at the point (1, 3, 1).

Problem 3 (10 points) If you weigh a solid body in air (m1 ) and when submerged in water (m2 ), then basic Archimedean principle tells you that the volume of the body is m1 m2 , and therefore its density is 1 s = m1m m2 Suppose you obtained measurements m1 = 100 gram and m2 = 90 gram and you know that the maximal error is no more than 0.01 in absolute value when measuring m1 , and no more than 0.02 in absolute value when measuring m2 . Estimate the maximal error of s.

Problem 4 (a) (5 points) Does there exist a number c that makes the following function continuous everywhere on R2 ? Justify your answer. f (x, y ) =
x2 +1+ x2 y2 y 2 +1

if (x, y ) = (0, 0) if (x, y ) = (0, 0)

(b) (5 points) Find the limit if it exists, or show that the limit does not exist x2 y 1006 (x,y )(0,0) x4 + y 2012 lim (Hint: does this function remind you
xy ?) x2 +y 2

Problem 5 (10 points) Suppose that w = f (x, y ), where x = uv , y = 2u 3v . Find 2w uv in terms of partial derivatives of w with respect to x and y .

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