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MATH 241 Midterm 1 Practice Exam 2

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MATH 241 Midterm 1 Practice Exam 2

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1. (a) Consider the points A = (0, 1, 2), B = (2, 2, 3), and C = (−1, 3, 4). Compute the vectors v = AB and w = AC .
(2 points)

� � � �
v= , , w= , ,

(b) Consider the points D = (0, 2, 1), E = (1, 4, 1), and F = (3, 8, 2) and
D
the vectors a = 〈1, 2, 0〉, b = 〈3, 6, 1〉, and c = 〈2, 4, 1〉 as shown at a
right. Find a normal vector n to the plane containing the points
D, E , and F . (3 points) b E
c
F

� �
n= , ,

(c) Let P = (2, −1, 1) and u = 〈3, 2, 4〉. Find a linear equation for the plane that contains P and has normal
vector u. (2 points)

Equation: x+ y+ z=

(d) For two vectors v and w in R3 , which of the following does |v × w| measure? Circle your answer. (1 point)
• The length of v − w.
• The area of the parallelogram determined by v and w.
• The volume of the parallelepiped determined by v, w, and v × w.
2. (a) Find the midpoint M of the straight-line segment between the points P = (1, 3, −2) and Q = (3, −3, 4).
(2 points)

� �
M= , ,

(b) Let L be the line parametrized by r(t ) = a + t b for a = 〈1, 0, 2〉 and b = 〈2, −1, 1〉. Find the point Q of
intersection of the line L with the plane whose equation is 3x − 2y + z = 14. (3 points)

� �
Q= , ,

x y − x2 y
3. Consider the function f (x, y) = 2 for (x, y) �= (0, 0). Evaluate lim f (x, y) or explain why it does
x + y2 (x,y)→(0,0)
not exist. (5 points)
4. For each function
2
(a) −x 2 − y 2 (b) cos(x + y) (c) y 2 e −x
label its graph
� and its level
� set diagram from among the options below. Here each level set diagram consists
of level sets f (x, y) = c i drawn for evenly spaced c i . (9 points)
5. (a) Compute the partial derivatives of f (x, y) = x 3 + 2x y + y. (2 points)

∂f
=
∂x

∂f
=
∂y

(b) Consider the graph of f : R2� → R shown �


at right. If P is the point a, b, f (a, b) ,
find the sign of each of the quantities be- y
z
low. Circle your answers. (1 point each)
P

f x (a, b): positive negative 0

f y (a, b): positive negative 0


Graph of f (x, y)
f xx (a, b): positive negative 0

(c) Use the contour plot of f (x, y) shown at f = −3


right to estimate f x (2, 1) and f y (2, 1). For
f = −2
each, circle the number below that is clos-
est to your estimate. (4 points) f = −1
2
f =0

f =1
1
f =2

f =3
0

1 2 3

f x (2, 1): −3 −2.5 −2 −1.5 −1 −0.5 0 0.5 1 1.5 2 2.5 3

f y (2, 1): −3 −2.5 −2 −1.5 −1 −0.5 0 0.5 1 1.5 2 2.5 3


∂f ∂f
6. Suppose a function f : R2 → R has f (1, 2) = 5, (1, 2) = −2, and (1, 2) = 3. Use linear approxima-
∂x ∂y
tion to estimate f (1.1, 1.9). (3 points)

f (1.1, 1.9) ≈

7. Suppose
f (x, y) : R2 → R, x(s, t ) : R2 → R, and y(s, t ) : R2 → R
� �
are functions. Let F (s, t ) = f x(s, t ), y(s, t ) be their composition.

∂F
(a) Write the formula for using the Chain Rule. (1 points)
∂s

∂F
=
∂s

(b) Suppose x(s, t ) = 2s + t and y(s, t ) = s 2 t − 1 and that f (x, y)


∂f ∂f
has the table of values and partial derivatives shown at (x, y) f (x, y)
∂F ∂x ∂y
right. Compute (2, 1). (4 points) (2, 3) 0 3 6
∂s
(2, 1) 2 -2 -1
(2, 4) 3 4 6
(5, 3) 1 3 5

∂F
(2, 1) =
∂s
Extra credit problem: Let E : R2 → R be given by E (x, y) = 2x + y 2 . Find a δ > 0 so that |E (h)| < 0.01 for all
h = (x, y) with |h| < δ. Carefully justify why the δ you provide is good enough. (2 points)

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