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MATH 4A - 51091 Summer 2020 Exam I

This exam covers several topics in multivariable calculus including vectors, vector projections, planes and distances, curves, Frenet frames, and surfaces. It contains 7 multi-part problems testing skills like computing angles and volumes using vectors, finding tangent vectors and curvature of curves, proving vector identities, describing surfaces, and reparametrizing curves by arc length. Students are instructed to show their work in detail and in the order presented.

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MATH 4A - 51091 Summer 2020 Exam I

This exam covers several topics in multivariable calculus including vectors, vector projections, planes and distances, curves, Frenet frames, and surfaces. It contains 7 multi-part problems testing skills like computing angles and volumes using vectors, finding tangent vectors and curvature of curves, proving vector identities, describing surfaces, and reparametrizing curves by arc length. Students are instructed to show their work in detail and in the order presented.

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MATH 4A - 51091 Summer 2020

Exam I

This exam is due via Canvas before the beginning of class Monday, June 29. You may use
your course notes and textbook but please do not discuss these problems with anyone other
than your instructor. Your solutions to the following problems should be detailed and given
in the order they are stated and should be uploaded as a single document in PDF format.

1. (15 points) The unit cube Q in the first octant has vertices at (1, 0, 0), (0, 0, 0), (0, 1, 0),
(1, 1, 0), (1, 0, 1), (0, 0, 1), (0, 1, 1), and (1, 1, 1). The main diagonal of this cube is the
line segment connecting the origin with the vertex (1, 1, 1).
(a) Use vectors to calculate the angle between the main diagonal and the line segment
connecting the origin and the point (0, 1, 1)
(b) Find a vector which is orthogonal to both of the vectors you considered in part (a).
(c) Consider the parallelpiped P determined by the main diagonal of Q, the edge of
Q which lies on the y-axis, and the main diagonal of the bottom face of Q in the
xy-plane. Compute the volume of this parallelepiped P.

2. (25 points) Let P = (2, 1, 3), Q = (−3, 5, 1), and R = (1, 0, 4) be points in R3 . Let
−→ −→
a = P Q and b = P R, as usual.
(a) Find the vector projection of a onto b.
(b) Find the sine of the angle θ between a and b.
(c) Find an equation of the plane containing the points P , Q, and R.
(d) Compute the distance between the plane found in part (d) and the point (3, 0, −1).
(e) Compute the distance between the point (1, 2, 3) and the line which passes through
Q and R.

3. (15 points) Let C be the curve r(t) = h2t, t2 , t3 /3i.


(a) Compute the Frenet frame for C.
(b) Calculate the values of T(t), N(t), and B(t) as t → ±∞.
(c) Compute the curvature and torsion of the curve C.

4. (10 points) Let a and b be vectors in R3 .


(a) Prove that a × b is orthogonal to both a and b (Note: It’s sufficient to show one
of these, as the other follows from the exact same argument).
(b) Prove the identity ka × bk2 = (a · a)(b · b) − (a · b)2

5. (15 points) Let C be the curve in R5 given by the vector-valued function r : R → R5


defined as r(t) = hcos(e − t), ln(ln(t)), tt , t2/3 , 0i.
√
3
(a) Determine whether the curve C passes through the point (1, 0, ee , e2 , 0).
(b) Compute the tangent vector to C when t = e (Note: This does not need to have unit
length.). Where is this curve differentiable? Give your answer in interval notation.
(c) The curve C belongs to a particular subset of R5 . What is this set? What is the
domain of r? Explain. (Note: A basic element/point of R5 should have the form
(x1 , x2 , x3 , x4 , x5 )).

6. (10 points) For each of the following, write the given equation in “standard form” (by
completing the square or otherwise), describe all traces and sketch the surface in R3 .

(a) 16y 2 − 4x2 + z 2 = 16 (b) 5x2 + 4y 2 − 20x + 8y − z = −4

7. (10 points) Complete each of the following.


(a) Compute the arc length of the portion of the curve r(t) = h2t, t2 , ln ti between the
points (2, 1, 0) and (4, 4, ln 2).
(b) If r(t) represents a smooth curve in Rn , then the arc length parametrization ρ of C
is a parametrization of the form ρ(s) = r(t(s)) (in other words, solve the arc length
function s = s(t) for t as a function of s, then plug this into r). Find the arc length
parametrization of the circle C of radius R > 0 in the plane R2 .

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