SAMPLE MATH 209 FINAL EXAM SOLUTIONS

James D. Lewis
1. Evaluate the integral
Z

1
0

sin x
dxdy.
x

Solution: The integral in its present form is hard to compute. By graphing the region
and reversing the order of integration, we arrive at the simpler integral
Z

1
0

1
y

sin x
dxdy =
x

1
0

x
0

sin x
dydx =
x

Z 1
0

y=x
Z 1
y sin x 
dx =
sin x dx = 1 cos 1.

x
0
y=0

2. A thin plate D of uniform thickness covers the region enclosed by y = x2 and y = x3 .

The density at a point in D is the distance to the line x = 1. Find the centre of mass.
Solution: The region D is described by
x3 y x 2

0 x 1.

For a point P (x, y) D, the density function is given by (x, y) = 1 x. We first compute
the total mass:
M=

1
0

x2
x3

(1 x) dydx =

1
0

 2
Z 1

y=x

y(1 x) 
dx =
(x2 2x3 + x4 ) dx
y=x3

1 1 1
1
+ =
.
3 2 5
30

Next,
Mx =

1
0

x2
x3

y(1 x) dydx =

Z 1
0

y=x2
Z

y2
1 1 4

(x x5 x6 + x7 ) dx
dx =
(1 x) 
2
2
3
0
y=x



1 1 1 1 1
13
13
=
=
+ =
.
2 5 6 7 8
840
1680
y=x2
Z 1 Z x2
Z 1
Z 1



2 
My =
x(1 x) dydx =
y(x x ) 
dx =
(x3 2x4 + x5 ) dx
0

x3

y=x3

1 2 1
1
+ =
.
4 5 6
60

Finally
(x, y) =

My Mx
,
M M
1


1 13
,
.
2 56

3. Let be the solid bounded above and below by z 2 = x2 + y 2 and on the sides by
x2 + y 2 + z 2 = 1.
(i) Compute the volume of using spherical coordinates.
(ii) Compute the volume of using cylindrical coordinates. [Hint: You may have to
express as a union of two solids.]
Solution: (i) By spherical, we have
Vol() =

3
4

2 2
.
sin ddd =
3
2

(ii) By cylindrical, we have = 1 + 2 , where

1 :

1 r2 z

p
1
1 r 2 , r 1, 0 2.
2

1
2 : r z r, 0 r , 0 2.
2
This uses the fact that the surfaces z 2 = x2 + y 2 = r 2 (double cone with vertex (0, 0,0))
and r 2 +z 2 = x2 +y 2 +z 2 = 1 (sphere of radius 1 centred at (0, 0, 0)), meet when r = 1/ 2.
Thus we have Vol() = Vol(1 ) + Vol(2 ). We compute:
Vol(1 ) =

2
0

1
1

Next
Vol(2 ) =

2
0

Finally Vol() = 2 2/3.

1r2

rdzdrd = 2

1r2

rdzdrd =
r

r
1

1 r 2 drd =
.
3

2
2r 2 drd =
.
3

4. Let C be the path below with given orientation, and P = x2 + 2y and Q = y 2 + x.

(0,1)

(1,1)
%y=x

(0,0)

C:

(i) Evaluate
Z

P dx + Qdy
C

two ways, namely,

2

(i.1) Directly from the definition of line integrals.

(i.2) Using Greens theorem.
(ii) Is the vector field given by F = P i + Qj conservative? [You must give a reason
for your answer.]
Solution. (i.1) Write C = C1 + C2 + C3 as in the diagram below.
C

(0,1)

2
(1,1)

% C1
C3

(0,0)

We have these parametrizations:

r(t) = (t, t) : [0, 1] C1 ,
r(t) = (t, 1) : [0, 1] C2 ,
r(t) = (0, t) : [0, 1] C3 ,
where Cj is the the curve Cj with the opposite orientation. Thus
Z

P dx + Qdy =
C

3 Z
X
j=1

P dx + Qdy =
Cj

1
2

(t + 2t, t + t) (1, 1) dt
=

2 3
+
3 2

C1

P dx + Qdy

C2

P dx + Qdy

1
2

(t + 2, 1 + t) (1, 0) dt

P dx + Qdy
C3

1
0

(2t, t2 ) (0, 1) dt

1
1
1
+2 = .
3
3
2

(i.2) Let D be the region bounded by the curve C. By Greens theorem

Z

P dx + Qdy =
C

Z Z 
D


Z Z
Q P
1
dA =
dA = Area(D) = .

x
y
2
D

(ii) The vector field F is clearly not conservative since

rot(F) :=

Q P

= 1 6= 0.
x
y

5. (a) Let C be the curve given by

r(t) = (cos t)i + (sin t)j + (sin t)k
3

with 0 t 2.

Find

zdx + 2xdy + y 2 dz
C

directly from the definition of line integrals.

(b) Let f (x, y) = xy. Compute the path integral
Z

f ds.
C

Solution: (a)
Z

zdx + 2xdy + y dz =
C

2
0

sin t d(cos t) + 2 cos t d(sin t) + sin2 t d(sin t)

sin2 t + 2 cos2 t cos t sin2 t dt = .

[Note the identities that were used, and that all students should know:


1
sin t =
1 cos 2t
2
2



1
cos t =
1 + cos 2t .]
2
2

(b)
r0 (t) = ( sin t)i + (cos t)j + (cos t)k ||r0 (t)|| =
Next

p
1 + cos2 t.

f (r(t)) = cos t sin t,

and observe that
d(1 + cos2 t) = 2 cos t sin t dt.
Thus by substitution (or an anti-symmetry argument), we arrive at
Z

f ds =
C

cos t sin t
0

p
1 + cos2 t dt = 0.

6. Evaluate the surface integral

Z Z

F dS,

where F = xi+2yj+3zk, where S is the cube with vertices (1, 1, 1), with outward
orientation.
4

S=

Solution: Method #1 (From the definition, and the less favorable method!) Write
P6
2
j=1 Sj , the six sides of the cube, with parametrizations j : [1, 1] Sj ,
1 (y, z)
2 (y, z)
3 (x, y)
4 (x, y)
5 (x, z)
6 (x, z)

=
=
=
=
=
=

(1, y, z)
(1, y, z)
(x, y, 1)
(x, y, 1)
(x, 1, z)
(x, 1, z)

Then correspondingly is the table of calculations:

n1
n2
n3
n4
n5
n6

=
=
=
=
=
=

(1, 0, 0)
(1, 0, 0)
(0, 0, 1)
(0, 0, 1)
(0, 1, 0)
(0, 1, 0)

F(1 )
F(2 )
F(3 )
F(4 )
F(5 )
F(6 )

=
=
=
=
=
=

(1, 2y, 3z)

(1, 2y, 3z)
(x, 2y, 3)
(x, 2y, 3)
(x, 2, 3z)
(x, 2, 3z)

F n1
F n2
F n3
F n4
F n5
F n6

=1
=1
=3
=3
=2
=2

Thus
Z Z

F dS =

6 Z Z
X
j=1

F dS =

Sj

6 Z Z
X
j=1

Sj

(F nj )dS = 12 Area [1, 1]2 = 48.

Method #2 (Superior method!): Use the divergence theorem. Let = [1, 1]3 be the
cube with boundary S. Then div(F) = 6, hence
Z Z
Z Z
Z Z Z
F dS =
(F n)dS =
div(F) = 6Vol() = 6 23 = 48.
S

7. Any of the questions below could serve as a question 7:

(i) Verify the Divergence Theorem
Z Z
Z Z Z
F ndS =
div(F)dV,
S

where F = (xz)i + (yz)j + (3z 2 )k, and E is the solid bounded by the paraboloid z = x2 + y 2
and the plane z = 1.
Solution: div(F) = F = 8z. Thus
Z Z Z

div(F)dV = 8
E

2
0

1
0

rzdzdrd =
r2

8
.
3

On the other hand, the boundary S of E is of the form S = S1 + S2 , where S1 is the graph
of z = x2 + y 2 over D := {x2 + y 2 1}, and S1 is the graph of z = 1 over D. Note that the
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unit
F k = 3 on S2 . Therefore
R R normal for SR 2Ris k, and that F = (x, y, 3) on S2 , and hence
2
2
dA
=
3.
If
we
put
(x,
y)
=
(x,
y,
x
+
y
) : D S1 , then the unit
F

dS
=
3
D
S2
outward on S1 is
x y
(2x, 2y, 1)

=
.
|x y |
|(2x, 2y, 1)|

Further,

F((x, y)) = (x3 + xy 2 , yx2 + y 3 , 3(x2 + y 2 )2 ),

Thus
Z Z

S1

F dS =

Finally, we arrive at
Z Z
Z Z
F dS =
S

S1

(ii) Verify Stokes Theorem,

Z Z

2
0

F dS +

r 5 drd = .
3

S2

F dS =

Z Z

F (x y ) = (x2 + y 2 )2 .

Curl(F) dS =

+ 3 =
.
3
3

F dr,

where F = (3y)i + (4z)j + (6x)k, and S is the part of the paraboloid z = 9 x2 y 2

that lies above the xy-plane, oriented upward.
Special Remark. Note that
Z Z
Z Z
Curl(F) dS =
S

Curl(F) n dS,

where n is the unit normal determined by the orientation on S, and

Z
Z


F dr =
F T ds,
C

where T is the unit tangent determined by the (induced) orientation on C. Thus Stokes
theorem is given by the equivalent statement
Z Z
Z




Curl(F) n dS =
F T ds.
S

Solution to (ii): Let D = {x2 + y 2 9}. The boundary C of S is easily seen to be the
same as the boundary of D, namely {x2 + y 2 = 9}, oriented counterclockwise. Put
(x, y) = (x, y, 9 x2 y 2 ) : D S.
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Then x y = (2x, 2y, 1) (note that this is oriented upward, since the z-component is
= 1 > 0). Put r(t) = (3 cos t, 3 sin t, 0) : [0, 2] C. Then F(r(t)) = (9 sin t, 0, 18 cos t),
and r0 (t) = (3 sin t, 3 cos t, 0). Thus F r0 (t) = 27 sin2 t. Thus
Z

F dr = 27

2
0

sin2 tdt = 27.

Computing the other way, we have

Curl(F) = F = (4, 6, 3) ;
Thus

Z Z
=

2
0

Curl(F) dS =

Curl(F) (x y ) = 8x + 12y 3.
Z Z

(8x + 12y 3)dA

(8r 2 cos + 12r 2 sin 3r)drd = 27.

(iii) Use Stokes theorem to evaluate

Z Z
S

Curl(F) dS,

where F = (y 2 z)i + (xz)j + (x2 y 2 )k, and where S is the part of the paraboloid z = x2 + y 2
inside the cylinder x2 + y 2 = 1.
Solution: If we set D = {x2 + y 2 1}, then S is given by the parametrization:
(x, y) = (x, y, x2 + y 2 ) : D S.
The boundary of D is parametrized by (cos t, sin t), and hence the boundary C of S is
parametrized by r(t) := (cos t, sin t) = (cos t, sin t, 1); moreover
F(r(t)) = (sin2 t, cos t, cos2 t sin2 t)

r0 (t) = ( sin t, cos t, 0).

Thus
Z Z

Curl(F) dS =
=

F(r(t)) dr =

( sin3 t + cos2 t)dt

2
0

(cos2 t 1) sin t + cos2 t dt = .

(iv) Use the divergence theorem to evaluate the integral:

Z Z
(2x + 2y + z 2 )dS,
S

where S is the sphere x2 + y 2 + z 2 = 1.

Solution: The unit outward normal on S is given by n = (x, y, z). [This follows from
n = F/|F |, where F = x2 + y 2 + z 2 1 = 0 describes S implicitly.] Now choose
F = (2, 2, z). Then F n = 2x + 2y + z 2 , and div(F) = 1. Let be the ball of radius 1.
Then by the divergence theorem:
Z Z
Z Z
Z Z Z
2
(2x + 2y + z )dS =
F ndS =
div(F)dV
S

Z Z Z

dV = Volume() =

4
.
3