Instituto Politecnico Nacional

Unidad Profesional Interdsciplinaria de Ingeniera Campus Guanajuato

(ALU) 15E DAVID GONZALEZ RAMOS
Calculo Vectorial
16B CV AS Tarea2doDep. Fecha de Entrega: 10/21/2016 at 08:30am CDT.

1. (1 pt)
Match the equation with its graph labeled A-H. You may click
on any image to get a larger view.

C.

A.
D.

B.
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Match the functions with the graphs labeled A - D. As always, you may click on the thumbnail image to produce a larger
image in a new window (sometimes exactly on top of the old
one). Just take your time; process of elimination will help with
ones that are not obvious.
1. f (x, y) = (x2 y2 )2
2. f (x, y) = 3 x2 y2
3. f (x, y) = 1/(1 + x2 + y2 )
4. f (x, y) = (x y)2

Answer(s) submitted:
D
A
C
B

E.

(correct)
3. (1 pt) Match the functions with their contour plots labeled
A - D. Most of these functions appear in the previous problem,
so comparing with the graphs there may help. As always, you
may click on the thumbnail image to produce a larger image in
a new window (sometimes exactly on top of the old one).

1.
2.
3.
4.

f (x, y) = 3 x2 y2
f (x, y) = 1/(1 + x2 + y2 )
f (x, y) = (x y)2
f (x, y) = (x2 y2 )2

F.
A

1. x2 + 4y2 + 9z2 = 1
2. y2 = x2 + 2z2
3. 9x2 + 4y2 + z2 = 1
4. y = 2x2 + z2
5. y = x2 z2
6. x2 + 2z2 = 1

Answer(s) submitted:
A
D
B
C

(correct)

Answer(s) submitted:

4. (1 pt)

D
E
C
A
F
B

The domain of the function f (x, y) =

A. All of the xy-plane
B. The first quadrant
C. The union of two intervals
D. The first and third quadrants
E. The area inside a parabola

(correct)

Answer(s) submitted:
B

2. (1 pt)
2

x + y is

(correct)

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5. (1 pt)
The domain of the function f (x, y) =
A.
B.
C.
D.
E.

3x+5y
x2 +y2 4

8. (1 pt) The graphs below show level sets for six different
functions, where the red areas represent the the lowest heights
and the purple areas are the highest heights.

is

The area inside a circle (including the circle)

The union of two intervals
The first quadrant
The area inside a circle (not including the circle)
All the xy-plane except a circle

Answer(s) submitted:

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6. (1 pt)
Match the surfaces with the verbal description of the level
curves by placing the letter of the verbal description to the left
of the number of the surface.
1. z = 2x
p + 3y
2. z = (25 x2 y2 )
3. z = xy
4. z = x2 + y2
1
5. z = x1
6. z = p
2x2 + 3y2
7. z = (x2 + y2 )
A. a collection of equally spaced concentric circles
B. a collection of unequally spaced parallel lines
C. a collection of equally spaced parallel lines
D. a collection of concentric ellipses
E. two straight lines and a collection of hyperbolas
F. a collection of unequally spaced concentric circles

Match the following functions with the proper graphs above.

1. f (x, y) = 3y x2
2. f (x, y) = 4 3x2 y2
3. f (x, y) = y2 3x
4. f (x, y) = x2 + 3y2
Answer(s) submitted:

(incorrect)

Answer(s) submitted:

9. (1 pt) Consider the function

1 xy2
.
4
Which graph below corresponds to the following traces:
1. The trace for x = 1.4
2. The trace for x = 0.3
3. The trace for x = 0.5
4. The trace for x = 1.3
f (x, y) =

(incorrect)
7. (1 pt) Suppose
values:
f (1, 4)
f (4, 1)
f (0, 0)
f (3, 4)
f (t, 5t)
f (uv, u v)

f (x, y) = xy2 8. Compute the following

=
=
=
=
=
=

A
Answer(s) submitted:

Answer(s) submitted:

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10. (1 pt) Consider the function

f (x, y) = (x + 2y) .

Find the limit (enter DNE if the limit does not exist)
(6x + y)2
(x,y)(0,0) 36x2 + y2

Which graph below corresponds to the following traces:

lim

1. The trace for x = 0.3

2. The trace for x = 1
3. The trace for x = 1.9

1) Along the x-axis:

2) Along the y-axis:
3) Along the line y = x :
4) The limit is:
Answer(s) submitted:

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14. (1 pt)
D

Find the limit (enter DNE if the limit does not exist)
Hint: rationalize the denominator.
(7x2 + 3y2 )
lim p
(x,y)(0,0)
(7x2 + 3y2 + 1) 1

Answer(s) submitted:

Answer(s) submitted:

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11. (1 pt) Find the limits, if they exist, or type DNE for any
which do not exist.
lim

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15. (1 pt)

2x2

The largest set on which the function f (x, y) = 1/(11 x2

y2 ) is continuous is
A. The interior of the circle x2 + y2 = 11, plus the circle
B. The exterior of the circle x2 + y2 = 11
C. All of the xy-plane
D. All of the xy-plane except the circle x2 + y2 = 11
E. The interior of the circle x2 + y2 = 11

(x,y)(0,0) 2x2 + 3y2

1) Along the x-axis:

2) Along the y-axis:
3) Along the line y = mx :
4) The limit is:
Answer(s) submitted:

Answer(s) submitted:

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16. (1 pt)

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The largest set on which the funtion f (x, y) =

x y is continuous is
A. {(x, y)| x y x}
B. the whole xy-plane
C. {(x, y)| x < y x}
D. {(x, y)| x < y < x}
E. {(x, y)|x y}

12. (1 pt)
Find the limit
lim

(x,y)(12,2)

xy cos(x + 6y)

(Enter DNE if the limit does not exist)

Answer(s) submitted:

Answer(s) submitted:

(incorrect)

(incorrect)
4

x+y

17. (1 pt)
Find the limit,
if it exists, or type N if it does not exist.
lim

3x2 +3y2

(incorrect)

22. (1 pt)

(x,y)(4,4)

Answer(s) submitted:

Find the partial derivatives of the function

f (x, y) = xye6y

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18. (1 pt)
fx (x, y) =
fy (x, y) =
fxy (x, y) =
fyx (x, y) =

Find the partial derivatives of the function

2x 3y
f (x, y) =
1x 6y

Answer(s) submitted:

fx (x, y) =
fy (x, y) =

Answer(s) submitted:

(incorrect)

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19. (1 pt)

23. (1 pt)
Find the first partial derivatives of f (x, y, z) = z arctan( xy ) at
the point (5, 5, -4).
A. xf (5, 5, 4) =
B. yf (5, 5, 4) =

Find the partial derivatives of the function

p
w = 4r2 + 5s2 + 1t 2
w
r
w
s
w
t

C.

=
=
=

f
z (5, 5, 4) =

Answer(s) submitted:

Answer(s) submitted:

(incorrect)

24. (1 pt) Let z = x + y. Then:

The rate of change in z at (4, 3) as we change x but hold y
fixed is
, and
The rate of change in z at (4, 3) as we change y but hold x
fixed is
.

(incorrect)
20. (1 pt)
Find the first partial derivatives of f (x, y) = sin(x y) at the
point (-7, -7).
A. fx (7, 7) =
B. fy (7, 7) =

Answer(s) submitted:

Answer(s) submitted:

(incorrect)

(incorrect)

25. (1 pt) Let z = cos 5y2 3x . Then:
The rate of change in z at (2, 3) as we change x but hold y
fixed is
, and
The rate of change in z at (2, 3) as we change y but hold x
fixed is
.

21. (1 pt)
Find the first partial derivatives of
x 2y
at the point (x, y) = (3, 3).
f (x, y) =
x + 2y
f
(3, 3) =
x
f
(3, 3) =
y

Answer(s) submitted:

Answer(s) submitted:

(incorrect)
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26. (1 pt) Let z = 3ex

z
=
x
z
y

4 y3

30. (1 pt) Use the chain rule to find

. Then:

z = x2 y + xy2 ,

x = 5 t 2,

dz
dt ,

where

y = 4 + t 4

=
First the pieces:

Answer(s) submitted:

z
x
z
y
dx
dt
dy
dt

(incorrect)
27. (1 pt) Let f (x, y, z) =

x2 4y2
.
y2 +6z2

Then

fx (x, y, z) =

Answer(s) submitted:

fz (x, y, z) =
Answer(s) submitted:

(incorrect)

(incorrect)

31. (1 pt)
Use the chain rule to find

28. (1 pt) Let f (x, y) = (2x y) . Then

2 f
=
xy
=

3 f
x2 y

z
s
2

and

z
t ,

where

z = x2 + xy + y , x = 3s + 4t, y = 5s + 6t
First the pieces:
z
x =
x
s
y
s

z
y
x
t
y
t

=
=
=
=
And putting it all together:
z
s =
z
t =

Answer(s) submitted:

(incorrect)

Answer(s) submitted:

29. (1 pt) As discussed in class, there may be more variables

floating around than the one with respect to which we differentiate. In that situation it is important to be aware with respect to
which variable we differentiate.

For example, the volume of a square box width s and height

h is given

(incorrect)

V = s2 h.
Thus
Ds V =
DhV =

=
=

End result (in terms of just t):

dz
dt =

fy (x, y, z) =

3 f
xyx

=
=

32. (1 pt)
Let

and
.

w = 3xy 5yz 2xz, x = st, y = est , z = t 2

Answer(s) submitted:

Compute
w
(5, 5) =
s
w
(5, 5) =
t

(incorrect)

Answer(s) submitted:

Direction (unit vector) in which it occurs:

,
i

Answer(s) submitted:

(incorrect)
33. (1 pt) Suppose w = xy + yz , x = e5t , y = 2 + sin (1t),
z = 2 + cos (4t).
A. Use the chain rule to find dw
dt as a function of x, y, z, and
t. Do not rewrite x, y, and z in terms of t, and do not rewrite e5t
as x.
dw
dt =
Note: Use exp() for the exponential function. Your answer
should be an expression in x, y, z, and t; e.g. 3x - 4y
B. Use part A to evaluate dw
dt when t = 0.

(incorrect)
37. (1 pt) Suppose f (x, y, z) = xy + yz , P = (1, 3, 4).
A. Find the gradient of f.
f =
i+
j+
k
Note: Your answers should be expressions of x, y and z; e.g.
3x - 4y
B. What is the maximum rate of change of f at the point P?

Answer(s) submitted:

Note: Your answer should be a number

Answer(s) submitted:

(incorrect)
34. (1 pt) Suppose z = x2 sin y, x = 1s2 + 1t 2 , y = 6st.
z
and z
A. Use the chain rule to find s
t as functions of x, y, s
and t.
z
s =
z
t =
z
B. Find the numerical values of z
s and t when (s,t) =
(2, 1).
z
s (2, 1) =
z
t (2, 1) =

(incorrect)
38. (1 pt) Let f (x, y) = x3 + xy2 .
Then the direction in which f is increasing the fastest at the
point (2, 1) is
, and the rate of increase in that
direction is
.
Answer(s) submitted:

Answer(s) submitted:

(incorrect)

39. (1 pt)
The temperature at a point (x,y,z) is given by T (x, y, z) =
2
2
2
200ex y /4z /9 , where T is measured in degrees Celsius and
x,y, and z in meters. There are lots of places to make silly errors
in this problem; just try to keep track of what needs to be a unit
vector.

(incorrect)
35. (1 pt)
Find the maximum rate of change of f (x, y) = ln(x2 + y2 ) at
the point (-3, 1) and the direction in which it occurs.
Maximum rate of change:
Direction (unit vector) in which it occurs:
i

Find the rate of change of the temperature at the point (1, 1, -1)
in the direction toward the point (-1, 1, 3).

,
In which direction (unit vector) does the temperature increase
the fastest at (1, 1, -1)?
h
,
,
i
What is the maximum rate of increase of T at (1, 1, -1)?

Answer(s) submitted:

Answer(s) submitted:

(incorrect)
36. (1 pt) Find the maximum rate of change of f (x, y, z) =
x + y/z at the point (-5, 5, -3) and the direction in which it occurs.
Maximum rate of change:
7

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46. (1 pt)
Consider the surface xyz = 75.

40. (1 pt)
Consider a function f (x, y) at the point (1, 6).
At that point the function has directional derivatives:
5 in the direction (parallel to) (2, 6), and
40

A. Find the unit normal vector to the surface at the point

(5, 3, 5) with positive first coordinate.
(
,
,
)
B. Find the equation of the tangent plane to the surface at the
given point. Express your answer in the form ax + by + cz + d =
0, normalized so that a = 15.
= 0.

5
50

in the direction (parallel to) (1, 7).

The gradient of f at the point (1, 6) is
(
,
).
Answer(s) submitted:

Answer(s) submitted:

(incorrect)

2x2 + 3y2 ,

41. (1 pt) If f (x, y) =

find the value of the directional derivative at the point (3, 2) in the direction given by
the angle = 2
4 .

(incorrect)

Answer(s) submitted:

47. (1 pt)

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42.
is

Find the linearization of the function z = x y at the point (0,

64).
L(x, y) =

3
2

(1 pt) Let f (x, y) = (3 + 2xy) .

Then f =
, and Du f (3, 2) for u = h2, 0i / 4
.

Answer(s) submitted:

Answer(s) submitted:

(incorrect)

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48. (1 pt)

4 2 3

y z
.
43. (1 pt) Let f (x, y, z) = x 24
Then f =
Du f (2, 1, 1) in the direction of h1, 2, 2i is

and
.

Answer(s) submitted:

Find the differential of the function w = x3 sin(y6 z3 )

dw =
dx+
dy+
dz
Answer(s) submitted:

(incorrect)
5 4

44. (1 pt) Let f (x, y) = x20y . Then f =

,
and Du f (2, 5) in the direction of the vector h0, 2i is
.

(incorrect)

Answer(s) submitted:

50. (1 pt) The dimensions of a closed rectangular box are

measured as 70 centimeters, 80 centimeters, and 70 centimeters, respectively, with the error in each measurement at most .2
centimeters. Use differentials to estimate the maximum error in
calculating the surface area of the box.
square centimeters

(incorrect)
45. (1 pt)
Find the equation of the tangent plane to the surface
z = 4x4 + 4y4 + 8xy at the point (1, 2, 52).
z=

Answer(s) submitted:

Answer(s) submitted:

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51. (1 pt) Find the absolute minimum and absolute maximum

55. (1 pt) Consider the function f (x, y) = x2 y + y3 75y.

of
f (x, y) = 7 6x + 10y
on the closed triangular region with vertices (0, 0), (10, 0) and
(10, 14).

f
f
f
f
f

List the maximum/minimum values as well as the point(s) at

which they occur. Ignore unneeded answer blanks.

Minimum value:
Occurs at (
,

) and (

Maximum value:
Occurs at (
,

) and (

has
has
has
has
has

?
?
?
?
?

at (0, 5).
at (0, 0).


at 5 3, 0 .


at 5 3, 0 .
at (0, 5).

Answer(s) submitted:

(incorrect)
56. (1 pt) Suppose f (x, y) = xy ax by.
(A) How many local minimum points does f have in R2 ?
(The answer is an integer).

Answer(s) submitted:

(B) How many local maximum points does f have in R2 ?

(C) How many saddle points does f have in R2 ?
Answer(s) submitted:

(score 0.4)

(incorrect)

52. (1 pt) Find the dimensions of the rectangular box having

the largest volume and surface area 20 square units.
List the dimensions in ascending order:
,
,
.

57. (1 pt) You are to manufacture a rectangular box with 3

dimensions x, y and z, and volume v = 8. Find the dimensions
which minimize the surface area of this box.

Answer(s) submitted:

x=
y=
z=

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Answer(s) submitted:

53. (1 pt) Find the maximum and minimum values of

f (x, y) = xy on the ellipse 2x2 + y2 = 8.
maximum value =
minimum value =

(incorrect)

Answer(s) submitted:

58. (1 pt) Find the coordinates of the point (x, y, z) on the

plane z = 4 x + 4 y + 3 which is closest to the origin.
x=
y=
z=

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54. (1 pt) Locate all the critical points of the function
f (x, y) = 8x x2 4xy2 .

Answer(s) submitted:

(If there are several points, separate them by commas.)

Answer(s) submitted:

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59. (1 pt)
C.

Match the plots labeled A - D with the vector fields F below.

D.

A.

1. F = hy, 1/xi
2. F = hx 2, x + 1i
3. F = h1, sin yi
4. F = hy, xi
Answer(s) submitted:

(incorrect)

60. (1 pt)
Match the functions f with the plots of their gradient vector
fields labeled A-D.

B.
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C.
A.

D.
B.
1.
2.
3.
4.

p
f (x, y) = x2 + y2
f (x, y) = x2 y2
f (x, y) = xy
f (x, y) = x2 + y2

Answer(s) submitted:

(incorrect)

61. (1 pt)
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The images below are level sets for different functions. For each function below, select the image on the
right that represents the gradient vector field for that
function.

(incorrect)

For the level sets, red is the lowest and purple the highest
heights. Click on a gradient vector field to get a more detailed
version of the image.

62. (1 pt)
Consider the vector field F(x, y, z) = (3y, 3x, 9z). Show
that F is a gradient vector field F = V by determining the function V which satisfies V (0, 0, 0) = 0.
V (x, y, z) =
Answer(s) submitted:

(incorrect)
1.

63. (1 pt)
Show that the vector field F(x, y, z) = (2y cos(3x), 3x sin(2y), 0)
is not a gradient vector field by computing its curl. How does
this show what you intended?
,
,
).
curl(F) = F = (

2.

Answer(s) submitted:

3.

(incorrect)

4.

64. (1 pt) For each of the following vector fields F , decide

whether it is conservative or not by computing the appropriate
first order partial derivatives. Type in a potential function f (that
is, f = F) with f (0, 0) = 0. If it is not conservative, type N.
A. F (x, y) = (14x + 6y) i + (6x + 6y) j
f (x, y) =
B. F (x, y) = 7yi 6xj
f (x, y) =
C. F (x, y) = (7 sin y) i + (12y 7x cos y) j
f (x, y) =
Note: Your answers should be either expressions of x and y
(e.g. 3xy + 2y), or the letter N

Answer(s) submitted:

(incorrect)

65. (1 pt)
Consider the vector field F(x, y, z) = (3x2 , 0, 2(x + y + z)2 ).
Find the divergence and curl of F.
.
div(F) = F =
curl(F) = F = (
,
,
).
Answer(s) submitted:

Answer(s) submitted:

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