COLLEGE OF ENGINEERING TRIVANDRUM

GAMAT 101 : MATHEMATICS FOR INFORMATION SCIENCE – 1

Assignment-I (CO1 and CO2)

Issued: 29/10/2024 Due: 10/11/2024

1 Module 1 (CO 1)
( Answer any 10 questions)

1. Evaluate the following limits

√
2 − 𝑥2 − 5
(a) lim𝑥→−3
𝑥 +3
4−𝑥
(b) lim𝑥→4 √
5 − 𝑥2 + 9
2. Given that 2 − 𝑥 2 ≤ 𝑔(𝑥) ≤ 2 cos 𝑥 for all 𝑥, find lim𝑥→0 𝑔(𝑥)
3. Show that the following functions are not differentiable at 𝑥 = 0. Justify
√
(a) 𝑓 (𝑥) = 𝑥
 1
𝑥 sin , 𝑥 ≠ 0


(b) 𝑓 (𝑥) = 𝑥
 0,
 𝑥 =0

4. Find 𝑑𝑦/𝑑𝑥 and 𝑑 2𝑦/𝑑𝑥 2 using implicit differentiation if 𝑥 and 𝑦 are con-
nected by the following relations
(a) 𝑦 2 − 2𝑥 = 1 − 2𝑦
(b) 𝑥𝑦 + 𝑦 2 = 1
√
(c) 2 𝑦 = 𝑥 − 𝑦
5. Find the equation of the tangent and normal lines to the given curve at
the indicated points
(a) 𝑦 2 − 2𝑥 − 4𝑦 − 1 = 0 at (−2, 1)
(b) 2𝑥𝑦 + 𝜋 sin 𝑦 = 2𝜋 at (1.𝜋/2)
(c) 𝑥 2 cos2 𝑦 − sin 𝑦 = 0 at (0, 𝜋)

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 6. A spherical balloon is inflated with helium at the rate of 100𝜋ft3 /min. .
How fast is the balloon’s radius increasing at the instant the radius is 5
ft? How fast is the surface area increasing?
d𝑦
7. Use chain rule to find at the given poits
d𝑥
1−𝑥
(a) 𝑦 = 𝑦 3 − 𝑢 + 1, 𝑢 = at 𝑥 = 0
1+𝑥
1+𝑠 1 √
(b) 𝑦 = , 𝑠 = 𝑡 − , 𝑡 = 𝑥 at 𝑥 = 2
1−𝑠 𝑡
8. Find the linearisation of 𝑓 (𝑥) = (1 + 𝑥)𝑘 at 𝑥 = 0 for any value of 𝑘.
(a) Using the above linearisation find the linear approximation of the
following functions for small 𝑥.
1 √3 1
(i) (ii) 1 + 5𝑥 4 (iii) √
1−𝑥 1 − 𝑥2
√
9. Compute the linearisation√of 𝑓 (𝑥) = 𝑥𝑒 𝑥−1 at 𝑥 = 1. Hence compute
the approximate value of 1.1𝑒 0.1
10. Use linearisation to find the approximate value of the given expression.
(a) (33) 3/5 (b) (1.0002) 50
√ √ √ √
11. Which is larger: 2.1 − 2 or 9.1 − 9? Explain using linear approxi-
mation.
12. You want to calculate the depth of a well from the equation 𝑠 = 4.9𝑡 2 by
timing how long it takes a heavy stone you drop to splash into the water
below. If you make a 5% error in measuring 𝑡, approximately how much
error will be produced in the calculation of 𝑠?
13. A metal cube is heated and the length of each edge is thereby increased
by 0.1%. Use a differential to show that the surface area of the cube is then
increased by about 0.2%.
14. View the earth as a sphere of radius 4000 miles. The volume of ice that
covers the north and south poles is estimated to be 8 million cubic miles.
Suppose that this ice melts and the water produced distributes itself uni-
formly over the surface of the earth. Estimate the depth of this water.
15. Determine the concavity and find the points of inflection (if any) of the
graph of the following functions on the indicated intervals
(a) 𝑓 (𝑥) = 𝑥 3 − 6𝑥 2 + 9𝑥 + 1 on (−∞, ∞)

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 (b) 𝑓 (𝑥) = 3𝑥 5/3 − 5𝑥 on (−∞, ∞)
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(c) 𝑓 (𝑥) = 𝑥 + on (−∞, ∞)
𝑥

2 Module 2 (CO2)
( Answer any 7 questions)

1. Evaluate the following limits

𝑥 2 − 𝑦2
(a) lim
(𝑥,𝑦)→(0,0) 𝑥 − 𝑦

𝑥 2 − 𝑦2
(b) lim √ √
(𝑥,𝑦)→(0,0) 𝑥− 𝑦
2 2
𝑒 𝑥 +𝑦 − 1
(c) lim
(𝑥,𝑦)→(0,0) 𝑥 2 + 𝑦 2

𝑥2
2. Show that lim (𝑥,𝑦)→(0,0) 2 does not exist.
𝑥 + 𝑦2
3. Show that the following function is continuous for all (𝑥, 𝑦) ∈ R2
 𝑥𝑦 2


 , (𝑥, 𝑦) ≠ (0, 0)
𝑓 (𝑥, 𝑦) = 𝑥 2 + 𝑦 2
0 (𝑥, 𝑦) = (0, 0)



1 2 𝜕𝑓 𝜕2 𝑓
4. If 𝑓 (𝑥 .𝑡) = √ 𝑒 (−𝑥 /4𝑡) , then show that = 2
𝑡 𝜕𝑡 𝜕𝑥
5. Does the partial derivatives 𝑓𝑥 and 𝑓𝑦 exist for the following function at
(0, 0)?
 3𝑥𝑦
− 2

 , (𝑥, 𝑦) ≠ (0, 0)
𝑓 (𝑥, 𝑦) = 𝑥 + 𝑦2
0 (𝑥, 𝑦) = (0, 0)


If yes, compute them.
6. For the following functions verify that 𝑓𝑥𝑦 = 𝑓𝑦𝑥
(i) 𝑓 (𝑥, 𝑦) = 𝑒 𝑥 cos 𝑦
(ii) 𝑥 2 cos 𝑦 + 𝑦 2 sin 𝑦
7. The plane 𝑥 = 1 intersects the paraboloid 𝑧 = 𝑥 2 + 𝑦 2 in a parabola. Find
the slope of the tangent to the parabola at (1, 2, 5).

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 8. If 𝑧 = 𝑓 (𝑥/𝑦) where 𝑓 is an arbitrary differentiable function, prove that
𝜕𝑧 𝜕𝑧
𝑥 +𝑦 = 0
𝜕𝑥 𝜕𝑦
𝜕𝑧 𝜕𝑧
Using the above result find the value of 𝑥 + 𝑦 if
𝜕𝑥 𝜕𝑦
(i) 𝑧 = 𝑒 𝑥/𝑦 sin(𝑥/𝑦) + 𝑒𝑦/𝑥 cos(𝑦/𝑥)
𝑦
(ii) 𝑧 =
𝑥 +𝑦
9. In the following use chain rule to evaluate the partial derivative at the
point specified
𝜕𝑓 𝜕𝑓
(a) and at (𝑢, 𝑣) = (−1, −1) where
𝜕𝑢 𝜕𝑣
𝑓 (𝑥, 𝑦, 𝑧) = 𝑥 3 + 𝑦𝑧 2, 𝑥 = 𝑢 2 + 𝑣, 𝑦 = 𝑢 + 𝑣 2, 𝑧 = 𝑢𝑣
𝜕𝑓
(b) at (𝑟, 𝑠) = (1, 0) where 𝑓 (𝑥, 𝑦) = ln(𝑥𝑦), 𝑥 = 3𝑟 + 2𝑠, 𝑦 = 5𝑟 + 3𝑠
𝜕𝑠
𝜕𝑔
(c) at (𝑢, 𝑣) = (0, 1) where 𝑔(𝑥, 𝑦) = 𝑥 2 − 𝑦 2, 𝑥 = 𝑒𝑢 cos 𝑣, 𝑦 = 𝑒𝑢 sin 𝑣
𝜕𝑢
10. In the following where 𝑧 is defined implicitly as a function of 𝑥 and 𝑦,
calculate the indicated partial derivative
𝜕𝑧
(a) ; 𝑥 2𝑦 + 𝑦 2𝑧 + 𝑥𝑧 2 = 10
𝜕𝑥
𝜕𝑧 1 1
(b) ; + = 1 at (𝑥, 𝑦, 𝑧) = (1, 1, 1)
𝜕𝑦 𝑧2 + 𝑥 2 𝑧2 + 𝑥 2
𝜕𝑧
(c) ; 𝑒 𝑥𝑦 + 𝑠𝑖𝑛(𝑥𝑧) + 𝑦 = 0
𝜕𝑦
11. The radius of a right circular cylinder is increasing at a rate of 6 inches
per minute, and the height is decreasing at a rate of 4 inches per minute.
What are the rates of change of the volume and surface area when the
radius is 12 inches and the height is 36 inches?