1. Find and sketch the domain of the following functions.

√
(a) f (x, y) = x + y + 2

Solution: We need x+y +2 ≥ 0, which is drawn below. The boundary is the line x+y +2 = 0.
-1 -0.5 0 0.5 1
-1

-1.5

-2

-2.5

-3

√ √
(b) f (x, y) = x+ y−3

Solution: We need x ≥ 0 and y − 3 ≥ 0.

5

4.5

3.5

2.5

2
-1 -0.5 0 0.5 1 1.5 2

xy
(c) f (x, y) = x+y−1

Solution: We need x + y − 1 6= 0. The line x + y − 1 = 0 is drawn below; the domain of f is

everything else in the plane.
1

0.5

-0.5

-1
-1 -0.5 0 0.5 1
 2
(d) f (x, y) = xey +y+1

Solution: The domain is the whole plane.

(e) f (x, y) = ln(1 − x2 − y 2 )

Solution: We need 1 − x2 − y 2 > 0, or equivalently, 1 > x2 + y 2 . This is the interior of the

unit circle.
2

1.5

0.5

-2 -1.5 -1 -0.5 0.5 1 1.5 2

-0.5

-1

-1.5

-2

2. Find the values of the function

(a) f (x, y) = x2 − 4xy − y 2
i. f (3, 2)

Solution: f (3, 2) = 19

ii. f (x, x1 ) f (x, x1 ) = x2 − 4 − 1

x2
p
(b) f (x, y, z) = x2 + y 2 + x2
i. f (1, 2, 3)
√
Solution: f (1, 2, 3) = 14

ii. f (2, 4, 6)
√
Solution: f (2, 4, 6) = 2 14

3. Sketch the graph of the following functions.

(a) f (x, y) = 8 + x
(b) f (x, y) = x + y
(c) f (x, y) = x2 + y = 2
p
(d) f (x, y) = 5 − x2 − y 2 = 1
2
+2x+1+y 2
(e) f (x, y) = ex

Solution: Searching “3D plotter” will yield many options for graphing these.

x3
4. Let f (x) = C (10 − x) for 0 ≤ x ≤ 10 where C is a constant, and f (x) = 0 for all other values of x.

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 (a) if f (x) is a probability density function, determine the value of C.

Solution:
∞ 10 10
x3
Z Z Z
1= f (x) dx = (10 − x) dx =⇒ C = x3 (10 − x) dx = 5000
−∞ 0 C 0

The function you are integrating is a polynomial.

(b) For that value of C, find P (1 < X < 4) and P (X > 6) where X is the random variable associated
to f (x).

Solution:
4
x3
Z
4329
P (1 < X < 4) = (10 − x) dx =
1 5000 50000
10
x3
Z
2072
P (X > 6) = (10 − x) dx =
6 5000 3125

(c) Find the mean and median of X given above.

Solution: The mean is

10 10
x4
Z Z
20
x · f (x) dx = (10 − x) dx = .
0 0 5000 3
Rm
The median is the number m such that 0
f (x) dx = 1/2. To find it:
m
x3
Z    
1 1 5 4 1 5 m 1 5 4 1 5
= (10 − x) dx = x − x  = m − m
2 0 5000 5000 2 5 0 5000 2 5

It’s not obvious to me how you are expected to solve this equation, but the unique solution in
the inteval [0, 10] is approximately m ≈ 6.86.

5. Given the probability density function f (x) = xe−x for x ≥ 0 and f (x) = 0 for all other values of x.
Find the probability P (X ≥ 1).

Solution: Z ∞
2
P (X ≥ 1) = f (x) dx =
1 e
You can do this integral using integration by parts with u = x and dv = e−x dx.

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