Practice Final Exam for Math 241

1. Consider the points A = (2, 0, 1) and B = (4, 2, 5) in R3 .

(a) Find the point M which is halfway between A and B on the line segment L joining them.
(2 pts)

(b) Find the equation for the plane P consisting of all points that are equidistant from A and B.
(3 pts)

2. Consider the function

xy


 if (x, y) ≠ (0, 0),
f (x, y) = x2
+ y2
0 if (x, y) = (0, 0).



(a) Compute the following limit, if it exists. (4 pts)

lim f (x, y)
(x,y)→(0,0)

(b) Where on R2 is the function f continuous? (1 pts)

3. Consider the function f : R2 → R given by f (x, y) = xy.

(a) Use Lagrange multipliers to find the global (absolute) max and min of f on the circle
x 2 + y 2 = 2. (6 pts)
(b) If they exist, find the global min and max of f on D = {x 2 + y 2 ≤ 2}. (2 pts)
(c) For each critical point in the interior of D you found in part (b), classify it as a local min,
local max, or saddle. (2 pt)
(d) If they exist, find the global min and max of f on R2 . (2 pts)

4. A function f : R2 → R takes on the values shown in the table at right.

(a) Estimate the partials fx (1, 1) and x
fy (1, 1). (2 pts) 0.2 0.6 1.0 1.4 1.8
1.8 3.16 3.88 4.60 5.32 6.04
(b) Use your answer in (a) to approxi- 1.4 2.68 3.24 3.80 4.36 4.92
mate f (1.1, 1.2). (2 pts) y 1.0 2.20 2.60 3.00 3.40 3.80
0.6 1.72 1.96 2.20 2.44 2.68
(c) Determine the sign of fxy (1, 1):
0.2 1.24 1.32 1.40 1.48 1.56
positive negative zero (1 pt)

5. Consider the region E shown at right, which is bounded by the xy-plane, the plane z − y = 0
and the surface x 2 + y = 1. Complete setup, but do not evaluate, a triple integral that computes
the volume of E. (6 pts)
z

E
y

x
6. Match the following functions R2 → R with their graphs and contour diagrams. Here each contour
diagram consists of level sets {f (x, y) = ci } drawn for evenly spaced ci . (9 pts)
q
(a) 8 − 2x 2 − y 2 (b) cos x (c) xy
 7. Consider the portion R of the cylinder x 2 + y 2 ≤ 2 which lies in the positive octant and below the
2 2
plane z = 1. Compute the total mass of R when it is composed of material of density ρ = ex +y .
(7 pts)

2


Z the curve C in R shown and the vector field F =
8. For ln(sin(x)), cos(sin(y)) + x evaluate
F · dr using the method of your choice. (5 pts)
C
y

(0, 1)

x
(1, 0)

9. Let R be the region shown at right.

v y
i
T (0, 2)

(−1, 1) (1, 1)
c
S R
u (−2, 0) x
(2, 0)

(1, −1)

(a) Find a transformation T : R2 → R2 taking S = [−1, 1] × [−1, 1] to R. (4 pts)

Z
(b) Use your change of coordinates to evaluate y 2 dA via an integral over S. (6 pts)
R
Emergency backup transformation: If you can’t do (a), pretend you got the answer
T (u, v) = (uv, u + v) and do part (b) anyway.
√ √

10. Consider the surface S which is parameterized by r(u, v) = 1 + u2 cos v, 1 + u2 sin v, u for
−1 ≤ u ≤ 1 and 0 ≤ v ≤ 2π .

(a) Circle the picture of S. (2 pts)

(b) Completely setup, but do not evaluate, an integral that computes the surface area of S. (6 pts)
11. For the cone S at right, give a parameterization r : D → S. Explicitly specify the domain D. (5 pts)
z

(0, 0, 1)

(0, 1, 0)

12. Consider the region R in R3 above the surface x 2 + y 2 − z = 4 and below the xy-plane. Also
consider the vector field F = (0, 0, z).

(a) Circle the picture of R below. (2 pts)

(b) Directly calculate the flux of F through the entire surface ∂R, with respect to the outward
unit normals. (10 pts)
(c) Use the Divergence Theorem and your answer in (b) to compute the volume of R. (3 pts)

13. Let C be the curve shown at right, which is the boundary of the portion of the surface x + z2 = 1
in the positive octant where additionally y ≤ 1.
z
(a) Label the four corners of C with their (x, y, z)-
coordinates.
(1 pt)
Z S
(b) For F = (0, xyz, xyz), directly compute F · dr.
C C
(6 pts)

(c) Compute curl F. (2 pts) x y

(d) Use Stokes’ Theorem to compute the flux of curl F
through the surface S where the normals point out
from the origin. (3 pts)

(e) Give two distinct reasons why the vector field F is

not conservative. (2 pts)
 Extra Credit 1: Consider the transformation T : R2 → R2 which distorts the plane as shown below:

T
y

(a) Draw in T (0, 0) on the right-hand part of the picture. (1 pt)

(b) Compute the Jacobian matrix of T at (0, 0), taking it as given that the entries of the matrix are
integers. Hint: Tear off the bottom of this page to form a makeshift ruler. (3 pts)

Extra Credit 2: Consider the torus T shown below where the inner radius is 2 and the
outer radius is 4, and hence the radius of tube itself is 1.

1. Compute the volume of T by computing the flux

of some vector field F. (3 pts)

2. Compute the volume of T via a 3-dimensional change

of coordinates where your final integral is over a
rectangular box. (2 pts)