MA211: ADVANCED CALCULUS Assignment 1

Semester 1, 2023 TOTAL: 70 marks

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DUE DATE: WEEK 6 Sunday 11.55 pm (FJT) 26 / 03 / 2023
NOTE: 1. All questions are compulsory. 2. Show all relevant working. 3. Give exact answers.
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Instructions:
1. This assignment is due on Sunday, 22nd January 2023, at 11.55:00 PM Fiji Time. Upload it on Moodle.
2. There are TWO questions. Answer all of them. Your solutions must be in the same chronological order as
the given questions.
3. To obtain full marks on a question, you have to show all your working, even when the question does not
say so.
4. Verify each question using Mathematica. Snapshot the codes and paste it below the question.
5. You are to type your solutions and submit them as a PDF document (single document) on Moodle.
6. This is a group assignment with a maximum of 3 people in a group! You are not allowed to copy from
others, or let others copy from you. If copying has been detected, everyone involved will forfeit all marks.
Plagiarism of any form is not accepted. Individual submissions will also be accepted.
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Question 1
x2 y2
A). Find the equation(s) of the tangent line to the ellipse + = 1, with radius m at any point ( x0 , y0 ) .
a 2 b2
[Verify using Mathematica]
[10 marks]
B). Identify the curve(s) by transforming the polar equation r = e ( d − r cos  ) to rectangular coordinates.
[Verify using Mathematica]
[10 marks]
ed
C). Find the angle(s) between the polar axis and the asymptotes of r = , e  1. [Verify using
1 − e cos 
Mathematica]
[5 marks]
D). Find the area region that lies inside both r = 2 sin  and r = sin  + cos  . [Verify using Mathematica]
[5 marks

Solution
A). The solution is as follows:

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B). The solution is as follows:

ed
By solving r = e ( d − r cos  ) for r , we see that the polar equation can be written as r = .A
1 + e cos 
ed ed
polar equation of the form r = or r = represents a conic section. The conic is an
1  e cos  1  e sin 
ellipse if e  1, a parabola is e = 1, or a hyperbola if e  1.
e2 d 2 e2 d 2 b2
C). From (B.) above, if e  1, then 1 − e  0. Hence a =
2 2
and b 2 = , so 2 = e2 − 1. The
(e − 1) e −1
2 2
2 a

b b
asymptotes y =  x have slopes  =  e2 − 1, so the angles they make with the polar axis are
a a

( )  1
 tan −1 e2 − 1 = cos−1    .
 e
D). The solution is as follows:

Question 2
A). Suppose z = f ( x, y ) , where x = g ( s, t ) and y = h ( s, t ) . Find:

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 2 z
(i). . [Verify using Mathematica]
t 2
2 z
(ii). . [Verify using Mathematica]
st
[5 + 5 = 10 marks]
B). For what values of r , r  is the function
 ( x + y + z )r
 , ( x, y , z )  0
f ( x, y , z ) =  x 2 + y 2 + z 2
0,
 ( x, y , z ) = 0
continuous on . [Verify using Mathematica]
[5 marks]
 y
C). After MA211 lecture, Mary claimed that all planes tangent to the surface z = xf   intersect at the same
x
point. Verify this claim. [Verify using Mathematica]
[5 marks]

D). In an engineering class, James discovered that the length of a rectangular box's diagonal is L. . Using:
i). The constraint to eliminate a variable (Second Partials Test (SPT)); and
ii). Lagrange multipliers;
find the maximum volume of a rectangular box. [Verify using Mathematica]
[5 + 5 = 10 marks]

E). Find the area of the region inside the lemniscate r 2 = 6cos 2 and outside the circle r = 3. Sketch a
graph of the region bounded by the graphs of the equations. Use:
(i). Single integral in polar coordinate system. [Verify using Mathematica]
(ii). Double integral in polar coordinate system. [Verify using Mathematica]
[5 + 5 = 10 marks]
Solution
A). Using the chain rule for derivatives, we have:
(i). The solution is as follows:

(ii). The solution is as follows:

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B). The solution is as follows:

C). The solution is as follows:

D). The solution is as follows:

(i). The constraint to eliminate a variable (Second Partials Test (SPT))

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 (ii). Lagrange multipliers;

E). The solution is as follows:

(i). Single integral in polar coordinate system.

(ii). Double integral in polar coordinate system.

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  /6 6cos 2
A=4   rdrd
0 3

 /6 6cos 2
 r2 
=4 2 d
0   3
 /6
= 2  ( 6 cos 2 − 3) d
0

= 2 3sin 2 − 3 0
 /6

= 3 3 −

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