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THE UNIVERSITY OF ZAMBIA

SCHOOL OF NATURAL SCIENCES


DEPARTMENT OF MATHEMATICS & STATISTICS
MAT 2110–Engineering Mathematics I

Tutorial Sheet 6 September 2024

1. Find the domain and range of each of the following functions:

(a) f(x, y) = ln 36 − 4x 2 + 9y 2 (b) f(x, y) = p


1
16 − x 2 − y 2
p
y − x2
(c) g(x, y) = (d) h(x, y) = sin−1 (y − x)
1 − x2
2. Evaluate each of the following limits:
√ √
x− y+1
(a) (b) ze−2y cos(2x)
x−y−1
lim lim
(x,y)→(4,3) (x,y,z)→(π,0,3)
x6=y+1
 2 
x 3x − x 2 y 2 + 3y 2
(c) lim − p (d) lim ln
(x,y)→(0,0) x2 + y2 (x,y)→(0,0) x2 + y2
3. Determine the continuity of each of the following:
  
3x 2 −x 2 y 2 +3y 2


ln x 2 +y 2
, (x, y) 6= (0, 0)
(a) f(x, y) = at (0, 0)

(x, y) = (0, 0)

ln 3,

x+y
(b) g(x, y) = on R2
2 + cos x
(c) f(x, y) = 2
1
x + z2 − 1
at (−1, 1, 1)

 xy
 |xy| , (x, y) 6= (0, 0)

(d) h(x, y) = at (0, 0)

(x, y) = (0, 0)

0,
4. Find the indicated partial derivatives in each of the following:
∂2 f
(a) f(x, y) = x y : fx (−2, 2), ∂x∂y
∂f ∂3 f
(b) f(x, y, z) = sinh(xy − z2 ) : ∂y
, ∂x∂z2

V δv 2 ∂W
(c) W (P, V , δ, v, g) = PV + 2g
: ∂V

5. If resistors of R1 , R2 , and R3 ohms are connected in parallel to make an R−ohms resistor,


the value of R can be found from the equation

.
1 1 1 1
R R1 R2 R3
= + +

∂R
Find the value of ∂R2
when R1 = 30, R2 = 45, and R3 = 90 ohms.
6. Each of the following equations defines z as a function of the independent variables x and y.
∂z ∂z
Find ∂x and ∂y :
(a) xz + y ln x = x 2 − 4 (b) x 2 + y 2 + z2 + sin(xyz) = 1

dw ∂w ∂w ∂w ∂w
7. Find dt
, ∂t
, ∂s
, ∂r
, and ∂u
in each of the following:

(a) w = z − sin(xy), where x = t, y = ln t, and z = et−1

t

(b) w = ln(x 2 + y 2 + z2 ), where x = t + s, y = ts, and z = ln s

(c) w = x y
1 4
16
+ arctan y, where x = t 2 + s + u3 and y = tr 3 + s2 − 5u

8. If z = f(x, y), where x = t + s and y = t − s. Show that

∂2 z ∂2 z ∂2 z
− .
∂t∂s ∂x 2 ∂y 2
=

9. Given that z = f(x, y) = x 2 y − 3y, find ∆z and dz if x changes from 4 to 3.99 and y changes
from 3 to 3.02.
10. The power P dissipated in a resistor is given by P = ER . If E = 200 volts and R = 8 ohms, find
2

the change in P resulting from a drop of 5 volts in E and an increase of 0.2 ohms in R.
11. Find equations for the tangent plane and normal line at the point P on the given surface:

(a) x 2 + 2xy − y 2 + z2 = 7, P(1, −1, 3)



(b) z = ln x 2 + y 2 , P(1, 0, 0)

(c) cos(πx) − x 2 y + exz + yz − 4 = 0, P(0, 1, 2)

12. Determine the nature of the critical points of each of the following:

(a) f(x, y) = x 3 − 3xy + y 3 − 2

(b) f(x, y) = sin x cos y, 0 ≤ x ≤ 2π, 0 ≤ y ≤ 2π

(c) h(x, y) = x 4 − 4x 2 + y 4 − 4y 2

(d) g(x, y) = 1 − x 2 y 2

13. In each of the following, use the method of Lagrange multipliers to find

(a) the extreme values of the function f(x, y) = x 2 + 2y 2 on the circle x 2 + y 2 = 1


(b) the maximum and minimum of f(x, y, z) = xyz if (x, y, z) lies on the ellipsoid
x 2 + y4 + z9 = 1
2 2

(c) the extreme values of f(x, y, z) = xy + z2 on the circle in which the plane y − x = 0
intersects the sphere x 2 + y 2 + z2 = 4
(d) the point closest to the origin on the curve of intersection of the plane 2y + 4z = 5 and
the cone z2 = 4x 2 + 4y 2 .

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