PRACTICE FINAL FOR CALCULUS III

(1) (a) Find a vector function represents the curve of intersection of the cylinder
x2 + y 2 = 16 and the plane x + z = 5;
(b) Find the curvature of the above curve at the point (4, 0, 1).
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(2) Find the linear approximation of the function f (x, y, z) = x3 y 2 + z 2 at the
p
point (2, 3, 4) ( and use it to estimate the number (1.98)3 (3.01)2 + (3.97)2 .
x2 −3y 2
x2 +y 2
if (x, y) 6= (0, 0)
(3) Let f (x, y) = .
1 if (x, y) = (0, 0)
(a) Is f continuous at (0, 0)? Justify your answer.
(b) Do ∂f ∂x
(0, 0) and ∂f ∂y
(0, 0) exist? What are the values of the partial deriva-
tives at (0, 0) if they exist?
(4) Let P = (1, −2, 1) be a point on the surface S defined by the equation z =
3x2 − y 2 + 2x.
(a) Find the equation of the tangent plane to S at the point P ;
(b) Find the parametric equations of the normal line to S through P .
(5) If v = x2 sin y + yexy , where x = s + 2t and y = st, use the Chain Rule to find
∂v/∂s and ∂v/∂t when s = 0 and t = 1.
(6) Suppose f (x, y) has continuous second order partial derivatives. Under the
2 2
polar transformation x = r cos θ, y = r sin θ, express ∂∂xf2 + ∂∂yf2 in terms of r, θ
and the partial derivatives of f with respect to r and θ.
∂z ∂z
(7) If z = y + f (x2 − y 2 ), where f is differentiable, show that y + x = x.
∂x ∂y
(8) Find the direction in which f (x, y, z) = zexy increases most rapidly at the point
(0, 1, 2). What is the maximum rate increase.
(9) Suppose a > 0 and ai > 0 for i = 1, . . . , n. Find the extremes of the function
f (x1 , . . . , xn ) = xa11 xa22 · · · xann under the constraint x1 + x2 + · · · + xn = a where
xi > 0 for i = 1, . . . , n.
(10) Find the points on the surface xy 2 z 3 = 2 that are closed to the origin.