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MATH 2321 Final Exam

April 29, 2021

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1. Consider the function f (x, y, z) = x ln(y 2 − 3z 2 ) + 3x.

(a) (5 points) Find the linearization of the function f at the point (1, 2, 1).

(b) (3 points) Find an equation of the tangent plane at the point (1, 2, 1) to the level surface of the
function f .
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2. Let f (x, y) = 3e−x − y 2 + 3x + 4y and suppose we are at the point (0, 1).

(a) (5 points) If we move towards the point (4, 4), find the rate of change of f with respect to distance.

(b) (3 points) Find the direction (as a unit vector) in which we head to minimize the rate of change
of f .
3. Let f (x, y) = x3 − 6xy − 3y 2 .

(a) (4 points) Find the two critical points for the function f .

(b) (5 points) Classify each critical point as a point where f attains a local maximum value, a local
minimum value, or has a saddle point.
4. (8 points) Find the critical points of f (x, y) = x + 2y subject to the constraint 2x2 + y 2 = 2.
5. Consider the following sum of integrals over the region R,
ZZ Z 1Z 1 Z eZ 1
dA = dy dx + dy dx.
R 0 1−x 1 ln x

(a) (2 points) Sketch the region R.

y
2

x
−1 0 1 2 3

(b) (5 points) Reverse the order of integration and evaluate the resulting integral using the new order.
6. (8 points) Let R be the region in the first quadrant bounded by y = 0, y = x, and x2 + y 2 = 4. Use
polar coordinates to evaluate the double integral
ZZ
1
dA.
R 1 + x2 + y 2
7. (9 points) Find the volume of the solid between the two half-cones
p p
z = 2 x2 + y 2 and z = 1 + x2 + y 2 .
8. Let M be the portion of the cylindrical surface given by the parameterization,

r(θ, z) = (cos θ, sin θ, z), 0 ≤ θ ≤ 2π, −2 ≤ z ≤ 2.

(a) (4 points) Use the parameterization to find the surface area of M .

π 
(b) (4 points) Find a parametric equation of the tangent plane to M at the point (θ, z) = ,1 .
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9. Consider a vector field F(x, y) = (15x2 y 2 + 3y 2 + 2ex , 6xy + 10x3 y + 2) in R2 .

(a) (2 points) Show that F is conservative.

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(b) (4 points) Find a function f = f (x, y) such that F = ∇f .

R
(c) (2 points) Calculate the line integral C
F · dr, where C is an oriented curve from (0, 1) to (1, 2).
10. (9 points) Consider the force field F(x, y) = (x + 2y, 7x − 3y 2 ) Newtons, where x and y are in meters.
Use Green’s theorem to find the work done by F along the curve C = C1 + C2 where C1 is the part of
the circle from (2, 0) to (0, −2) and C2 is the line segment from (0, −2) to (0, 0), as shown in the picture
below. (Make sure to include correct units on your answer.)
y
2 C1

x
−2 −1 0 1 2

−1
C2
−2
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11. Let E be the solid region that lies inside the sphere x2 + y 2 + z 2 = 4 and above the cone z = x2 + y 2 ,
and let F(x, y, z) = (2x + y, 3y + z, 4z + x).

(a) (3 points) Compute the divergence and curl of F.

(b) (6 points) If M represents the boundary surface of E, find the flux of the vector field F through
M with outward orientation using the divergence theorem or any other method.
12. Let F(x, y, z) = (sin(4πx) − 2y, 2y + 3z, 4y + ez ). Let C be the quadrilateral with vertices (0, 0, 2),
(1, 0, 1), (1, 1, 0), and (0, 1, 1) lying in the plane x + y + z = 2, oriented in the counterclockwise direction
when viewed from above.

(a) (2 points) Parameterize the portion M of the plane x + y + z = 2 whose boundary is the curve C
and use the quadrilateral to get the bounds for the parameters.

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(b) (2 points) Find the curl ∇ × F.

R
(c) (5 points) Use Stokes’ Theorem to calculate the line integral C
F · dr.