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MATH 2551 PRACTICE FINAL EXAM

COVERS MATERIAL FROM CH. 12, 13.1-13.4, 14.1-14.8, AND


15.1-15.8

Name Section

1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 Total

Please read all instructions carefully before beginning.


• There are no aids of any kind (notes, text, etc.) allowed.
• Please show your work.
• Good luck!

This is a practice exam. It is similar in format, length, and difficulty to


the real exam. It is not meant as a comprehensive list of study problems.
I recommend completing the practice exam in 120 minutes, without
notes or distractions.
1. Parts (a)-(d) are true or false. Clearly indicate your answer. If the statement is ever false,
answer false. There is no partial credit, and you do not need to justify your answer.
a) If u, v, and w are unit vectors in R3 and u × v = u × w, then v = w.
TRUE FALSE

b) Suppose f is a function whose first and second order partial derivatives are continu-
ous throughout a disk centered at (a, b), and suppose (a, b) is a critical point of f . If
f x x (a, b) < 0 and f x x (a, b) f y y (a, b) − [ f x y (a, b)]2 > 0, then f has a local maximum
at (a, b). TRUE FALSE

c) Let r(t) = 〈7 cos(t), 7 sin(t)〉 for −∞ < t < ∞. Then the curvature κ satisfies
1
κ(t) = for all real t.
7
TRUE FALSE

d) If a function f (x, y) is differentiable at (−1, 1), then the directional derivative of f


at (−1, 1) in the direction of 〈1, 2〉 is given by
f (−1 + h, 1 + 2h) − f (−1, 1)
lim . TRUE FALSE
h→0 h

e) Suppose u and v are unit vectors in R3 . If u × v is also a unit vector, is it necessarily


true that u · v = 0? Briefly justify your answer.

f) In each case, identify the type of quadric surface.

(i) z 2 − x 2 − y 2 = 1

(ii) z 2 = x 2 + y 2
2. a) Find an equation for the plane determined by the intersecting lines `1 and `2 given
below (in other words, find the plane that contains both lines).
Write the plane in the form Ax + B y + Cz = D.
`1 : x = 2 − t, y = 2t, z = 6 − 4t (−∞ < t < ∞)
`2 : x = −1 + s, y = 4 − s, z=s (−∞ < s < ∞)

¬ ¶
b) For the curve r(t) = cos(3t), sin(3t), t − 4 , find the curvature κ(t).
3. Let f (x, y) = y 2 − 4 · ln(16 − x 2 − y 2 ).
p

a) Carefully sketch the domain of f in the graph provided below.


y
6

x
-6 -4 -2 2 4 6
-2

-4

-6

b) Is the domain of f open, closed, or neither? Briefly justify your answer.

c) Is the domain of f bounded, or is the domain of f unbounded?


4. Let f (x, y) = ln(x y + 2x 2 + 2).
a) Find the directional derivative of f at (2, −4) in the direction of 〈−3, 2〉.

b) Find the unit vector in the direction of greatest decrease of f at (2, −4).

c) Is there a point (a, b) where the directional derivative of f in the direction of 〈1, −7〉
is zero? If so, find such a point (a, b). If not, show that no such point (a, b) exists.
x y2
5. a) Let f (x, y) = . Find lim f (x, y) or show it does not exist.
x2 + y4 (x, y)→(0,0)

t2 t3
­ ·
b) Let r(t) = 2, , for −∞ < t < ∞.
2 3
You start at the point (2, 21 , 13 ) and walk along the curve in the direction of increasing
arclength until you reach (2, 29 , 9). What is the arclength of the path you walked?
6. Use Lagrange multipliers to find the point on the surface z 2 = 44− x 2 − y 2 which is closest
to (3, 1, −1). What is the distance from this closest point to (3, 1, −1)?
7. Consider the regionpD bounded above by the sphere x 2 + y 2 + z 2 = 4 and bounded below
x2 + y2
by the surface z = p .
ZZZ3
Write the integral ( y + z) dV in spherical coordinates. Do not evaluate the inte-
D
gral. Clearly demonstrate how you obtain your limits of integration.
8. a) Let D be the region bounded above by the paraboloid z = 4 − x 2 − y 2 , bounded
below by the x y-plane, and lying outside the cylinder x 2 + y 2 = 1.
ZZZ
Write an integral in cylindrical coordinates to compute x 2 dV .
D
Do not evaluate the integral.

b) Let D be the region bounded above by the surface x 2 + y 2 + z 2 = 6 and bounded


below by the surface z = x 2 + y 2 . Write a triple integral (or triple integrals) that
would give the volume of D using the order of integration d x dz d y. Do not carry
out integration.
x2 y2
9. Let D be the region enclosed by the ellipse + = 1. Find
9 4
ZZ
p
36 − 4x 2 − 9 y 2 dA
D
using the method of substitution.
(hint: try x = au and y = bv for some constants a and b)
p
10. a) Find the linearization of g(x, y) = x e− y at the point (4, 0). Fully simplify your
answer.

b) Suppose w = f (r 4 − 3s − t) where f is a differentiable function satisfying f 0 (x) =


∂w
ln(x). Find . Express your final answer in terms of r, s, and t.
∂r
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