Name

Homework 1
Section 12.1
1. (1ea) Given the following table of values for the function

g(x, y),

determine the quan-

tities below.

HH

y
H
HH
H
2
0
1
2
3

(a)

g(0, 0)

(b)

g(2, 3)

(c)

g(2, 2)

9
0
28 13
11
21
27
9
13 11 4
20
9
7
6 18
2
1
23 5

16
3
4
10
2

2. (3ea) Write an equation for the set of points in 2-space whose distance from the

y -axis

is 3. Describe this set in words (i.e. what does it look like?).

Write an equation for the set of points in 3-space whose distance from the
Describe this set in words (i.e. what does it look like?).

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x-axis

is 5.

C , in the xy -plane given by x2 + y 2 = 9 and let be an angle

in the xy -plane, measured from the positive x-axis. Let P be the point on C which

corresponds to the angle = 3 , and let Q be the point on C corresponding to = 2.

Determine the distance between the point (0, 0, 4) and:

3. (2ea) Consider the circle,

(a) the point

(b) the point

4. (3) Which two of the following three points are closest to one another?

P1 = (4, 2, 1)
Determine the exact

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P2 = (5, 1, 3)

P3 = (2, 8, 3)

distance between each pair of points.

5. (2ea) Sketch the the natural domain of the following functions. Use solid lines for the
portions of the boundary included in the domain, and dashed lines for portions not
included.

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(a)

f (x, y) = log

(b)

g(x, y) =

x2 + y 2
x2 y 2

p
1 |x| |y|