Unit IV Practice Questions

 xy
 2 ,  x, y    0, 0
1. Investigate the continuity of the function f  x, y    x  y
2
at the
 0,  x, y    0, 0

origin.
y x  2u x 2  y 2  2u  2u
2. i. If u  x 2 tan 1  y 2 tan 1 , show that  2 and  .
x y xy x  y 2 xy yx
2 z 2  z
2
ii. If z  f  x  ct     x  ct  , prove that  c
t 2 x 2
r2
 1   2   
iii. If   t e
n 4t , what value of n will make r 
r 2 r  r  t
2
     9
3. If u  log  x  y  z  3xyz  , show that     u 
3 3 3

 x y z  x  y  z
2

2
 z z   z z 
4. i. If z  x  y   x  y , show that     4 1   
2 2

 x y   x y 
z z
ii. If z  eaxby f  ax  by  , prove that b  a  2abz
x y
iii. If z  log  e x  e y  , evaluate rt  s 2
5. i. Let r 2  x 2  y 2  z 2 and V  r m , prove that Vxx  Vyy  Vzz  m  m  1 r m2
du
ii) If u  x log  xy  where x3  y 3  3xy  1 . Find .
dx
 yx zx 2 u u u
iii) If u  u  ,  , show that x  y2  z2 0
 xy xz  x y z
1 u 1 u 1 u
6. i) If u  f  2x  3 y,3 y  4z, 4z  2x  . Prove that   0
2 x 3 y 4 z
x y z u u u
ii) If u  f  r, s, t  and r  , s  , t  Prove that x  y  z 0
y z x x y z
  x, y 
7. (i) In polar Coordinates x  r cos  , y  r sin  , Show that r
  r , 
(ii) In Cylindrical Coordinates, x   cos  , y   sin  , z  z , show that
  x, y, z 

   , , z 
(iii) In Spherical coordinates, x  r sin  cos  , y  r sin  sin  , z  r cos  , show that
  x, y, z 
 r 2 sin 
  r , ,  
  u, v, w
8. (i)If u  x  3 y 2  z 3 , v  4 x 2 yz , w  2 z 2  xy . Evaluate at 1, 1,0 .
  x, y, z 
   u, v 
(ii) If u  x 2  y 2 , v  2 xy and x  r cos  , y  r sin  . Find .
  r , 
  u, v, w
9. i. If u  x 2  y 2  z 2 , v  xy  yz  zx , w  x  y  z . Evaluate .
  x, y, z 
  x, y, z 
ii. If u  x  y  z , uv  y  z , uvw  z , show that  u 2v .
  u, v, w
x y   u, v 
10. i. If u  and v  tan 1 x  tan 1 y, find . Are u and v functionally
1  xy   x, y 
related. If so, find the relationship.
  u, v 
ii. If u  x 2 and v  sin 1 x  sin 1 y, find . Are u and v functionally
  x, y 
related. If so, find the relationship.
11. Expand ex log 1  y  in powers of x and y up to terms of third degree.
12. Expand x 2 y  3 y  2 in powers of  x  1 and  y  2 using Taylor’s series.
 y
13. Expand f  x, y   tan 1   in powers of  x 1 and  y 1 up to terms of third
x
degree. Hence find f 1.1,0.9
 
14. Expand xy 2  cos xy about  1,  up to terms of third degree.
 2
15. Examine the following function for extreme values
f  x, y   x  y  2x  4xy  2 y
4 4 2 2

16. Discuss the maxima and minima of f  x, y   x3 y 2 1  x  y 

17. A rectangular box open at the top is to have volume of 32 cubic ft. Find the
dimensions of the box requiring least material for its construction,
18. Show that the rectangular solid of maximum volume that can be inscribed in a sphere
is a cube.
19. Find the volume of the greatest rectangular parallelepiped that can be inscribed in the
x2 y 2 z 2
ellipsoid 2  2  2  1
a b c
20. Find the minimum value of x 2  y 2  z 2 , given that (i) xyz  a3 (ii) ax  by  cz  p .
21. Find the points on the surface z 2  xy  1 nearest to the origin.
22. The temperature T at any point  x, y, z  in space is T  400 xyz 2 . Find the highest
temperature on the surface of the unit sphere x 2  y 2  z 2  1 .