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Partial Differentiation:
1. Find all first order partial derivatives of 𝑓, where:
𝑥
𝑦
a. 𝑓(𝑥, 𝑦) = 4𝑒 𝑦 + 𝑡𝑎𝑛−1 ( )
𝑥
𝑦2 𝑡 2
b. 𝑓(𝑥, 𝑦) = ∫𝑥 3 𝑒 𝑑𝑡
𝑦 2 𝑦 2 −𝑡 2
c. 𝑓(𝑥, 𝑦) = ∫𝑥 3 𝑒 𝑑𝑡

2. Find the indicated partial derivatives of 𝑓, where:

𝑧2
𝑓(𝑥, 𝑦, 𝑧) = 𝑥𝑒 2𝑥𝑦 − + 𝑥𝑧𝑠𝑖𝑛(𝑦 + 𝑧); 𝑓𝑥𝑥 , 𝑓𝑦𝑦 , 𝑓𝑦𝑦𝑧𝑧
𝑥+𝑦

𝑛2 𝑎
3. For the equation (𝑝 + ) (𝑉 − 𝑛𝑏) = 𝑛𝑅𝑇 Show that
𝑉2
𝜕𝑇 𝜕𝑃 𝜕𝑉
( ) ( ) ( ) = −1
𝜕𝑃 𝜕𝑉 𝜕𝑇

The Chain Rule:

1. Find the indicated derivatives:
a. 𝑔′(𝑡) where: 𝑔(𝑡 ) = 𝑓(𝑥 (𝑡 ), 𝑦(𝑡 )), 𝑓(𝑥, 𝑦) = 𝑥 2 𝑦 − 𝑠𝑖𝑛𝑦,
2
𝑥 (𝑡 ) = √𝑡 2 + 1, 𝑦(𝑡 ) = 𝑒 𝑡
𝜕𝑔 𝜕𝑔
b. , where:
𝜕𝑢 𝜕𝑣
𝑔(𝑢, 𝑣 ) = 𝑓(𝑥 (𝑢, 𝑣 ), 𝑦(𝑢, 𝑣 )), 𝑓(𝑥, 𝑦) = 𝑥𝑦 3 − 4𝑥 2 ,
2
𝑥 (𝑢, 𝑣 ) = 𝑒 𝑢 , 𝑦(𝑢, 𝑣 ) = √𝑣 2 + 1

2. State the chain rule for the general composite function:

a. 𝑔(𝑡) = 𝑓(𝑥(𝑡), 𝑦(𝑡), 𝑧(𝑡))
b. 𝑔(𝑢, 𝑣, 𝑤) = 𝑓(𝑥(𝑢, 𝑣, 𝑤), 𝑦(𝑢, 𝑣, 𝑤))
c. 𝑔(𝑢, 𝑣) = 𝑓(𝑢 + 𝑣, 𝑢 − 𝑣, 𝑢2 + 𝑣 2 )
𝑢
d. 𝑔(𝑢, 𝑣, 𝑤) = 𝑓 (𝑢𝑣, , 𝑤 2 )
𝑣

𝜕𝑧 𝜕𝑧
3. Use implicit differentiation to find , where:
𝜕𝑥 𝜕𝑦
a. 3𝑥 2 𝑧 + 2𝑧 3 = 3𝑦𝑧
b. 𝑥𝑦𝑧 = 𝑐𝑜𝑠(𝑥 + 𝑦 + 𝑧)
c. 𝑙𝑛(𝑥 2 + 𝑦 2 = 𝑧 + 𝑡𝑎𝑛−1 (𝑥 + 𝑧))

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The Gradient and Directional Derivative:
1. Compute the directional derivative of 𝑓 at the given point 𝑃in the direction of
the indicated vector 𝑉̅ . Find the directions of maximum and minimum change
of 𝑓 at the given point and the values of the maximum and minimum rates of
change:
a. 𝑓 (𝑥, 𝑦) = 𝑥 2 𝑦 + 4𝑦 2 , 𝑃(2,1), 𝑉̅ = 〈1, √3〉
𝜋 𝜋
b. 𝑓 (𝑥, 𝑦) = ln(𝑥 2 𝑦)sin(4𝑦), 𝑃 (−2, ), 𝑉̅ = 〈−2, 〉
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c. 𝑓 (𝑤, 𝑥, 𝑦, 𝑧) = 𝑤 2 √𝑥 2 + 1 + 3𝑧𝑒 𝑥𝑧 , 𝑃(2,0,1,0), 𝑉̅ = 〈−2,0,1,4〉

2. Find equations of the tangent plane and normal line to the surface at the
given point:
a. 𝑧 = 𝑥 2 + 𝑦 2 at (1, −1,0)
b. 𝑧 = √𝑥 2 + 𝑦 2 at (3, −4,5)
c. 𝑧 2 = 6 − 𝑥 2 − 𝑦 2 at (−1,2,1)
d. 𝑧 2 = 𝑥 2 − 𝑦 2 at (5, −3, −4)

Local and Absolute Extrema:

1. Locate all critical points and classify them:
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a. 𝑓(𝑥, 𝑦) = 𝑒 −𝑥 (𝑦 2 + 1) b. 𝑓 (𝑥, 𝑦) = 𝑥 3 − 3𝑥𝑦 + 𝑦 3 c. 𝑓(𝑥, 𝑦) =
1 1
𝑥𝑦 + +
𝑥 𝑦
2. Find the absolute extrema of the function on the given region ℛ:
a. 𝑓 (𝑥, 𝑦) = 𝑥 2 + 3𝑦 − 3𝑥𝑦, ℛ is bounded by 𝑦 = 𝑥, 𝑦 = 0, 𝑥 = 2
b. 𝑓 (𝑥, 𝑦) = 𝑥 2 + 𝑦 2 , ℛ is bounded by (𝑥 − 1)2 + 𝑦 2 = 4
c. 𝑓 (𝑥, 𝑦) = 𝑥 2 + 𝑦 2 − 2𝑥 − 4𝑦, ℛ is bounded by 𝑦 = 𝑥, 𝑦 = 3, 𝑥 = 0

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