SRI RAMAKRISHNA ENGINEERING COLLEGE

[Educational Service : SNR Sons Charitable Trust]

[Autonomous Institution, Accredited by NAAC with ‘A’ Grade]
[Approved by AICTE and Permanently Affiliated to Anna University, Chennai]
[ISO 9001:2015 Certified and all eligible programmes Accredited by NBA]
VATTAMALAIPALAYAM, N.G.G.O. COLONY POST, COIMBATORE – 641 022.
DEPARTMENT OF MATHEMATICS

Degree / Branch I B.E -ECE

Course Code:20MA201 Course Title: ALGEBRA, CALCULUS AND TRANSFORMS

Tutorial - 6
Functions of several variables
Partial derivatives – Homogeneous functions and Euler’s theorem – Total derivative – Chain rule –
Composite function of one and two variables
PART A

1. If u = f(x,y) possesses continuous second order partial derivatives then _________

a. uxx = uyy b. uxy = uyx c. ux + uy = 0 d. uxy = - uyx

x  y z z
2. If z = cos  + sin   then x + y is equal to
 y x x y
a. z b. 2z c. 0 d. 1

dy
3. If u = f ( x, y ) is an implicit function in x and y then = ______
dx
fx fy fx fy
a. b. c. - d. -
fy fx fy fx
u
4. If u = y x then = ______
x
a. 0 b. xy x−1 c. y x log x d. y x log y
𝜕2𝑢
5. If u = log( x2 + y2 + z2) then 𝑥 𝜕𝑦𝜕𝑧 = ___________
4𝑥𝑦𝑧 4𝑥𝑦𝑧 −4𝑥𝑦𝑧 −4𝑥𝑦𝑧
a. (𝑥 2 +𝑦 2 +𝑧 2 )2
b. (𝑥 2 +𝑦 2 +𝑧 2 )
c. (𝑥 2+𝑦 2+𝑧 2)2 d. (𝑥 2 +𝑦 2+𝑧 2)

x2 + y2
6. If f ( x, y ) = , then f is a homogeneous function of degree _____
x+ y
1
a. 0 b. 1 c. 2 d.
2
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[Educational Service : SNR Sons Charitable Trust]
[Autonomous Institution, Accredited by NAAC with ‘A’ Grade]
[Approved by AICTE and Permanently Affiliated to Anna University, Chennai]
[ISO 9001:2015 Certified and all eligible programmes Accredited by NBA]
VATTAMALAIPALAYAM, N.G.G.O. COLONY POST, COIMBATORE – 641 022.

PART B

𝑑𝑢
7. If u = x2 + y2 +z2, x = et, y = et sin t and z = et cos t, then find 𝑑𝑡

 x3 + y3 
8. If u = tan −1   , show that xu x + yu y = sin 2u .
 x− y 

PART C

9. If u is a function of x and y and x and y are functions of r and θ, given by x= er cos θ and
𝜕𝑢 2 𝜕𝑢 2 𝜕𝑢 2 𝜕𝑢 2
y = er sin θ then show that (𝜕𝑥 ) + (𝜕𝑦) = 𝑒 −2𝑟 [(𝜕𝑟 ) + (𝜕𝜃) ].