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This document is a practice exam for Math 241, containing various problems related to vectors, functions, limits, and derivatives. Students are instructed to show all work for credit, with specific notes on certain problems that require knowledge from a recent lecture. The exam includes multiple choice, computation, and conceptual questions, along with an extra credit problem.

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m1-prac-2010

This document is a practice exam for Math 241, containing various problems related to vectors, functions, limits, and derivatives. Students are instructed to show all work for credit, with specific notes on certain problems that require knowledge from a recent lecture. The exam includes multiple choice, computation, and conceptual questions, along with an extra credit problem.

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Practice Exam for Math 241

Instructions: Calculators, books, notes, and suchlike aids to gracious living are not permitted. Show
all your work as credit will not be given for correct answers without proper justification, except for
Problems 2 and 6.
Note: Problem 6(b) and the very last part of 6(a) are based on material from Friday’s lecture, so you
won’t be able to do those yet.

1. Consider the points A = (0, 0, 2), B = (1, 0, 3), and C = (0, 1, 3) in R3 .


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(a) Compute the vectors v = AB and w = AC. (2 points)
(b) Find a normal vector n to the plane P containing the points A, B, C. (3 points)
(c) Find the area of the triangle spanned by A, B, C. (2 points)
(d) Find an equation which describes P . If you can’t do (b), take n = (1, 2, 1). (1 point)
(e) Consider the line L given by the parameterization r(t) = 2 + 2t, 3, 1 + 2t . Is L parallel to
the plane P ? Why or why not? (2 points)

2. Match the following functions with their graphs and level set diagrams. Here each level set
diagram consists of level sets {f (x) = ci } drawn for evenly spaced ci . (9 points)
q
(a) 1/(1 + x 2 + y 2 ) (b) cos x 2 + y 2 (c) x 2 y 2
y2
3. Consider the function f (x, y) = for (x, y) î (0, 0). Compute the following limit, if it
x2 + y 2
exists. (5 points)
lim f (x, y)
(x,y)!(0,0)

4. Consider the composition of the function


@x @y @f @f
f : R2 ! R with x, y : R2 ! R, that is
input x y f @s @s @x @y
NOT in Mid 1 ⇣
h(s, t) = f x(s, t), y(s, t)
⌘
(0,1) 1 1 4 1 2 7 3
(1,1) 1 2 6 1 1 6 2
@h
Compute (1, 2) using the chain rule and the (1,2) 0 1 5 2 3 5 1
@s
table of values at right. (5 points)
(2,3) 2 3 4 0 1 4 1

x
5. Consider the function f : R2 ! R given by f (x, y) = x 2 + .
y
in Mid 1
(a) Compute the partial derivatives fx , fy and fxy . (3 points)
(b) Is f differentiable at (2, 1)? Why or why not? (2 points)
(c) Give the linear approximation of f at the point (2, 1): f 2 + x, 1 + y ⇡
(d) Give the equation of the tangent plane to the graph of f at 2, 1, 6). (2 points)

6. The picture below shows some level sets of a function f : R2 ! R.

y Notej Contourmap
f = 3 will be covered
v f = 2
f = 1 in mid 1
f =0
f =1
p
f =2

(a) At the point p shown, determine the sign of each of the below quantities. (1 points each)
f (p): positive negative 0 fx (p): positive negative 0
fy (p): positive negative 0 fxx (p): positive negative 0

µoTyinMD f (p): v positive negative 0

I (b) Draw rf (p) on the picture (1 points) .

Extra credit problem: Let E : R2 ! R be given by E(x, y) = 3x 2 + xy. Find a > 0 so that
|E(h)| < 0.01 for all h = (x, y) with |h| < . Carefully justify why the you provide is good
enough. (3 points)

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