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14.R: Chapter 14 Review Exercises

  • Gilbert Strang & Edwin “Jed” Herman
  • OpenStax

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For the following exercises, determine whether the statement is true or false. Justify your answer with a proof or a counterexample.

1. The domain of f(x,y)=x3arcsin(y) is {(x,y)|xR and πyπ}.

2. If the function f(x,y) is continuous everywhere, then fxy(x,y)=fyx(x,y).

Answer
True, by Clairaut’s theorem

3. The linear approximation to the function of f(x,y)=5x2+xtany at the point (2,π) is given by L(x,y)=22+21(x2)+(yπ).

4. (34,916) is a critical point of g(x,y)=4x32x2y+y22.

Answer
False

For the following exercises, sketch the function in one graph and, in a second, sketch several level curves.

5. f(x,y)=e(x2+2y2)

6. f(x,y)=x+4y2

Answer
Contour Plot for function z = x + 4y^2

For the following exercises, evaluate the following limits, if they exist. If they do not exist, prove it.

7. lim

8. \displaystyle \lim_{(x,y)→(0,0)}\frac{4xy}{x−2y^2}

Answer
Does not exist.

For the following exercises, find the largest interval of continuity for the function.

9. f(x,y)=x^3\arcsin y

10. g(x,y)=\ln(4−x^2−y^2)

Answer
Continuous at all points on the xy-plane, except where x^2 + y^2 > 4.

For the following exercises, find all first partial derivatives.

11. f(x,y)=x^2−y^2

12. u(x,y)=x^4−3xy+1, with x=2t and y=t^3

Answer
\dfrac{∂u}{∂x}=4x^3−3y,

\dfrac{∂u}{∂y}=−3x,

\dfrac{dx}{dt} = 2 and \dfrac{dy}{dt} = 3t^2

\begin{align*} \dfrac{du}{dt} &= \dfrac{∂u}{∂x}\cdot\dfrac{dx}{dt} + \dfrac{∂u}{∂y}\cdot\dfrac{dy}{dt}\\[4pt] &= 8x^3 -6y -9xt^2\\[4pt] &= 8\big(2t\big)^3 - 6(t^3) - 9(2t)t^2 \\[4pt] &= 64t^3 - 6t^3 - 18t^3 \\[4pt] &= 40t^3 \end{align*}

For the following exercises, find all second partial derivatives.

13. g(t,x)=3t^2−\sin(x+t)

14. h(x,y,z)=\dfrac{x^3e^{2y}}{z}

Answer
h_{xx}(x,y,z) = \dfrac{6xe^{2y}}{z},
h_{xy}(x,y,z) = \dfrac{6x^2e^{2y}}{z},
h_{xz}(x,y,z) = −\dfrac{3x^2e^{2y}}{z^2},
h_{yx}(x,y,z) = \dfrac{6x^2e^{2y}}{z},
h_{yy}(x,y,z) = \dfrac{4x^3e^{2y}}{z},
h_{yz}(x,y,z) = −\dfrac{2x^3e^{2y}}{z^2},
h_{zx}(x,y,z) = −\dfrac{3x^2e^{2y}}{z^2},
h_{zy}(x,y,z) = −\dfrac{2x^3e^{2y}}{z^2},
h_{zz}(x,y,z) = \dfrac{2x^3e^{2y}}{z^3}

For the following exercises, find the equation of the tangent plane to the specified surface at the given point.

15. z=x^3−2y^2+y−1 at point (1,1,−1)

16. z=e^x+\dfrac{2}{y} at point (0,1,3)

Answer
z = x - 2y + 5

17. Approximate f(x,y)=e^{x^2}+\sqrt{y} at (0.1,9.1). Write down your linear approximation function L(x,y). How accurate is the approximation to the exact answer, rounded to four digits?

18. Find the differential dz of h(x,y)=4x^2+2xy−3y and approximate Δz at the point (1,−2). Let Δx=0.1 and Δy=0.01.

Answer
dz=4\,dx−dy, \; dz(0.1,0.01)=0.39, \; Δz = 0.432

19. Find the directional derivative of f(x,y)=x^2+6xy−y^2 in the direction \vecs v=\mathbf{\hat i}+4\,\mathbf{\hat j}.

20. Find the maximal directional derivative magnitude and direction for the function f(x,y)=x^3+2xy−\cos(πy) at point (3,0).

Answer
3\sqrt{85}\langle 27, 6\rangle

For the following exercises, find the gradient.

21. c(x,t)=e(t−x)^2+3\cos t

22. f(x,y)=\dfrac{\sqrt{x}+y^2}{xy}

Answer
\vecs \nabla f(x, y) = -\dfrac{\sqrt{x}+2y^2}{2x^2y}\,\mathbf{\hat i} + \left( \dfrac{1}{x} + \dfrac{1}{\sqrt{x}y^2} \right) \,\mathbf{\hat j}

For the following exercise, find and classify the critical points.

23. z=x^3−xy+y^2−1

For the following exercises, use Lagrange multipliers to find the maximum and minimum values for the functions with the given constraints.

24. f(x,y)=x^2y, subject to the constraint: x^2+y^2=4

Answer
maximum: \dfrac{16}{3\sqrt{3}}, minimum: -\dfrac{16}{3\sqrt{3}},

25. f(x,y)=x^2−y^2, subject to the constraint: x+6y=4

26. A machinist is constructing a right circular cone out of a block of aluminum. The machine gives an error of 5\% in height and 2\% in radius. Find the maximum error in the volume of the cone if the machinist creates a cone of height 6 cm and radius 2 cm.

Answer
2.3228 cm3

27. A trash compactor is in the shape of a cuboid. Assume the trash compactor is filled with incompressible liquid. The length and width are decreasing at rates of 2 ft/sec and 3 ft/sec, respectively. Find the rate at which the liquid level is rising when the length is 14 ft, the width is 10 ft, and the height is 4 ft.


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