MACT 2123 Fall 2021

Exam 1
October 10, 2021

Name: UID:

Circle your section:

ˆ Sections 1 and 2: Maha Hassanein

ˆ Sections 3 and 5: Doaa El Sakout

ˆ Sections 4 and 7: Ahmed El Sonbaty

ˆ Section 6: Wafik Lotfallah

ˆ Time: 75 minutes.
ˆ Read each question carefully.
ˆ Show your work to receive full credit.
ˆ Only scientific calculators and one two-sided formula sheet are al-
lowed.

Problem Score Points

1 20
2 9
3 12
4 5
5 8
Total 54
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Problem 1a,b. (5+4 pts) A particle is moving with its position given by the
following vector valued function:

r(t) = ti + (t sin t)j + (t cos t)k.

a. Find the minimum possible particle’s speed.

b. Find a vector valued function representing the line tangent to the path of the
particle at the origin.
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Problem 1c,d. (7+4 pts) For the same vector valued function modeling the
movement of the particle:

r(t) = ti + (t sin t)j + (t cos t)k.

c. Find the curvature of the particle’s path at the origin.

d. Find the binormal vector B for the particle’s path at the origin.
(Hint: B has the same direction as the vector r0 × r00 .)
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Problem 2. (9 pts) At time t = 0 a rocket is fired from the point (5, 2, 0) with
upward initial velocity 2k. Its acceleration at any time t is given by:

a(t) = 12ti + (6t + 2)j + (6t − 2)k.

Will the rocket ever come back to earth (the xy-plane)? If yes, where?
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Problem 3. (4+4+4 pts) Consider the function:

x+y−4
f (x, y) = √
x+y−2
a. Find and sketch the domain of f .

b. Find lim f (x, y), or show that it does not exist.

(x,y)→(1,3)

c. Find the set of points where f is continuous. Justify your answer.

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Problem 4. (5 pts) Is the function:


 √x sin(y)
if (x, y) 6= (0, 0)
x2 +y 2
f (x, y) =
0 if (x, y) = (0, 0)


continuous at (0, 0)? Justify your answer.

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Problem 5. (8 pts) Let v and a be the velocity and acceleration of a moving par-
ticle, respectively. Show that if the particle’s speed is constant, then the curvature
of its path and its principal normal vector are given by:
|a| a
κ= and N=
|v|2 |a|
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