MAT178 August 2002 Test 2

Answer ALL Questions Time: 1 21 hour

1. (a) Evaluate the integral,

Z 2Z 4
2
e−y dy dx
0 2x

(Hint: try to reverse the integration order.)

(7 marks)

(b) Use a double integral to evaluate the area of a 2 dimen-

sional region R that is bounded by the line y = −x + 2
and the parabola y = −x2 + 4. (8 marks)

2. (a) Find the volume of the region above the xy plane which
is bounded above by the paraboloid z = 9 − x2 − y 2
and lie outside the cylinder x2 + y 2 = 4.
(7 marks)

(b) Verify Green’s theorem for

I
x − xy 2 dx + x2 y + y dy



C

where C is the boundary of the region enclosed by the

upper semi circle x2 + y 2 = 9 and the x-axis.
(8 marks)
3. (a) Given a vector function F (x, y, z) and a scalar function
φ (x, y, z) as following:

F = −yzı̂ + 3x2 y̂ + 2xz 2 k̂

φ = 2xy 2 z

(i) Verify that,

∇ × (φ F ) = (∇ φ) × F + φ (∇ × F )
(7 marks)
R
(ii) State (with reason) whether C F · d r is indepen-
dent of path?
(2 marks)

(b) (i) Given a vector field,

yı̂ − x̂
G=
x2 + y 2

Plot the vectors of the vector field, G at the fol-

lowing points, (−2, 0), (−1, 0), (0, 0), (1, 0), (2, 0),
(0, −2), (0, −1), (0, 1), (0, 2), (1, 1), (−1, 1), (−1, −1),
(1, −1).
(4 marks)

(ii) Based on the drawing of the vector field, G state

the direction of ∇ × G.
(2 marks)