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1 Dot Product and Cross Product: A) (Angle Between Two Vectors)

This document is a practice final exam for Math 20C consisting of 8 problems covering topics like dot and cross products, planes, arc length, directional derivatives, implicit differentiation, optimization, double and triple integrals. It instructs students to fill out teaching evaluations and provides multiple practice problems in each section to help prepare for the final exam.

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1 Dot Product and Cross Product: A) (Angle Between Two Vectors)

This document is a practice final exam for Math 20C consisting of 8 problems covering topics like dot and cross products, planes, arc length, directional derivatives, implicit differentiation, optimization, double and triple integrals. It instructs students to fill out teaching evaluations and provides multiple practice problems in each section to help prepare for the final exam.

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Math 20C, W2015 / TA: Jor-el Briones / Lec D/ Practice Final Page 1 of 3

Note: Fill out those TA Evals (LINK TO TA EVALS THAT YOU SHOULD REALLY
REALLY SUPER MEGA ULTRA FILL OUT:
https://academicaffairs.ucsd.edu/Modules/Evals/default.aspx)

1 Dot Product and Cross Product


Let
u = h2, 5, 1i v = h1, 2, −2i w = h1, −3, 2i

a) (Angle Between Two Vectors)


Find the angle between u and v.

b) (Area of a Parallelogram)
Find the area of a parallelogram spanned by v and w.

c) (Volume of a Parallelipiped)
Find the volume of a parallelipiped spanned by u, v, and w.

2 Planes
a) (Normal and Point)
Find the Equation of a plane that is normal to the vector n = h3, 1, 8i and passes through
the point P = (1, 2, 3)

b) (Parallel Planes)
Find the equation of a plane that is parallel to the plane x + 2y + 3z = 42 and passes through
the point P = (10, 5, 3)

c) (Perpendicular Planes)
Find an equation of a plane that is perpendicular to both of the planes found in part a and
b.
Math 20C, W2015 / TA: Jor-el Briones / Lec D/ Practice Final Page 2 of 3

3 Arc Length and Vector Valued Functions


a) (Eggers’ Problem)
Suppose that for some parametrized curve r(t), we have r0 (t) · r00 (t) = 0. If r0 (0) = h2, 2, 1i,
find Z 6
kr0 (t)kdt
0

b) (Easier Arc Length Problem)


Compute the arc length of the curve over the given interval

r(t) = h2t, ln t, t2 i 1≤t≤4

4 Directional Derivatives and Gradient


Let
2 −x
f (x, y) = yey
And let P = (1, 1)

a) (Gradient)
Find k∇fP k, the magnitude of the gradient of f at P

b) (Derivative with respect to vector v)


Let v = h1, 2i. Find the derivative Dv f (P )

c) (Angles and Gradients)


Find the rate of change of f in the direction of a vector making a 45◦ angle with ∇fP .

5 Implicit Differentiation
a) (Implicit Partial)
∂z
Calculate the partial derivative ∂y
using implicit differentiation:

exy + sin(xz) + y = 0

b) (Implicit Tangent Plane)


Find the equation of the tangent plane at point P = (1, 0, π).
Math 20C, W2015 / TA: Jor-el Briones / Lec D/ Practice Final Page 3 of 3

c) (Linear Approximation)
Find the formula for the linear approximation L(x, y) using the point P = (1, 0, π) for the
implicit surface in part a)

6 Global Extremes and Optimization


a) (Triangle Domain)
Determine the Global Extremes of the function with the following domain (Hey, remember
on the second midterm E-mails how I said he won’t ask about Domain on the midterm?
Well he might ask about it on the final.)

f (x, y) = x3 + x2 y + 2y 2 , x, y ≥ 0, x+y ≤1

b) (Optimizing with Multiple Constraints)


The cylinder x2 + y 2 = 1 intersects the plane x + z = 1 in an ellipse. Find the point on the
ellipse that is farthest from the origin.

7 Double Integrals
Compute
√
the integral of f (x, y) = (ln y)−1 Over the domain D bounded by y = ex and
y=e x

8 Triple Integrals
a) (Volume)
Find the volume of the solid in the octant x ≥ 0, y ≥ 0, z ≥ 0 bounded by x + y + z = 1
and x + y + 2z = 1.

b) (Cylindrical)
Express the following triple integral in cylindrical coordinates, then evaluate.
√
Z 1 Z 1−x2 Z x2 +y 2
dzdydx
x=−1 y=0 0

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