DIT University, Dehradun

Course: B. Tech Tutorial Sheet Semester: I

Subject: Engineering Mathematics – I Subject Code: MA101
Topics : Extrema & Taylor’s Expansion of Functions of Several Variables

Que 1. Find the relative and absolute maximum and minmum values for
f ( x, y )  cos x  cos y  cos(x  y ) ; R : 0  x   , 0  y  
Ans. absolute maximum is 1 & absolute minmium is  1 .
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Que 2. Find the relative and absolute maximum and minmum values for
f ( x, y )  x 3  y 3  xy; R : x  1, y  0, y  2 x
Ans. absolute maximum is 7 & absolute minmium is  1 .
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Que 3. Examine the following function for relative maximum and minimum values:
f ( x, y )  x 4  y 4  2 x 2  4 xy  2 y 2

Que 4. In a plane triangle, find the maximum values of cos A cos B cos C .

Que 5.   
Find the shortest distance between the line y  10  2 x and the ellipse x 2 4  y 2 9  1 . 
Ans. 5

Que 6. Find the maximum and minimum distances of the point (3, 4,12) from the sphere x 2  y 2  z 2  1 .
Ans. 14, 12.

Que 7. A rectangular box is open at top is to have volume 32 cubic ft. Find the dimensions of the box requiring
least material for its construnctions.
Ans. 4, 4, 2

Que 8. Expand f ( x, y )  tan 1  y x  in powers of x  1 and  y  1 upto third degree terms. Hence compute
f (1.1, 0.9) approximately.

Que 9. Expand f ( x, y )  e x log (1  y ) in powers of x and y upto terms of third degree.

Que 10. Find the linear and quadratic Taylor series polynomial approximations to the function
f ( x, y )  2 x 3  3 y 3  4 x 2 y about the point (1, 2) .

Que 11. Obtain the Taylor’s series expansion of the maximum order for the following function:
f ( x, y )  x 2  3 y 2  9 x  9 y  26 about the point (2, 2) .

Que 12. Expand f ( x, y )  sin x sin y in Taylor’s series upto second order terms about the point ( 4 ,  4) .

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