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Homework 6 of Matb 210 No need to hand in.
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Test 1 of Math 200 Mathematical Analysis III in 2011

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1. (10 marks) Determine,

with proof, that (i) the domain and (ii) the range of the
function f (x, y) = 9 x2 y 2 .
2. (10 marks) Determine f (0, 0), with proof, in a way that extends the function
xy 2
f (x, y) = 2
to be continuous at (0, 0).
x + y2
3. (8 marks) Find fx (x, y) and fy (x, y) if f (x, y) =

2y
.
y + cos x

4. (15 marks) Evaluate ux , uxx and uxx + uyy + uzz if u(x, y, z) = (x2 + y 2 + z 2 )1/2 .
5. (4 marks) The plane x = 1 intersects the graph of paraboloid z = x2 + y 2 in a
parabola. Find the slope of the tangent to the parabola at (1, 2, 5).
6. (6 marks) Find the first order approximation of the function f (x, y) = x2 xy +
y2
2 + 3 at (x, y) = (3, 2).
7. (10 marks) Express
r2 + ln s, z = 2r.

w
r

and

w
s

in terms of s and r if w = x + y + z 2 , x = r/s, y =

8. (8 marks) Find the derivative of f (x, y) = xey + cos(xy) at the point (2, 0) in the
direction v = 3i 4j.
9. (8 marks) Find the equations of the tangent plane and the normal line of the
level surface S defined by the equation f (x, y, z) = x2 + y 2 + z = 9 at the point
P (1, 2, 4).
10. (14 marks) The derivative of f (x, y, z) at a point P is greatest in the
direction of
v = i + j k. In this case, the value of the derivative of f at P is 2 3. (i) What
is the fx at P ? (ii) What is the derivative of f at P in the direction of i + j?
11. (14 marks) Find the local extreme values of the function f (x, y) = xy x2 y 2
2x 2y + 4.
12. (5 marks) Find
x + y.

z
x

if z = z(x, y) is defined implicitly by an equation yz ln z =

13. (18 marks) The plane x + y + z = 1 cuts the cylinder x2 + y 2 = 1 in an ellipse C.

Find the points on the ellipse C that is farthest from the origin O(0, 0, 0).
14. (Bonus 20 marks) Explain the following: (i)

lim

f (x, y) = ; (ii) f (x, y) is

(x,y)(0,0)

continuous at (a, b); (iii)

f
x (a, b)

= ; (iv) f (x, y) is differentiable at (a, b).