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The document is a final exam for a Multivariable Calculus course at MIT from Spring 2004, consisting of 16 problems covering various topics such as vector calculus, gradient, critical points, integrals, and the application of theorems like Green's and Stokes'. Each problem requires calculations or proofs related to multivariable functions and their properties. The exam tests students' understanding of concepts like tangent planes, flux, and conservative vector fields.

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MIT_Multivariable_Calculus_Final_Exam (1)

The document is a final exam for a Multivariable Calculus course at MIT from Spring 2004, consisting of 16 problems covering various topics such as vector calculus, gradient, critical points, integrals, and the application of theorems like Green's and Stokes'. Each problem requires calculations or proofs related to multivariable functions and their properties. The exam tests students' understanding of concepts like tangent planes, flux, and conservative vector fields.

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Multivariable Calculus Final Exam

MIT, Spring 2004

1. Let P = (0, 1, 0), Q = (2, 1, 3) , R = (1, –1, 2). Compute PQ  PR and find the equation of the
plane through P, Q, and R in the form ax + by + cz = d.

2. Find the point of intersection of the line through P1 = ( −1,2, −1) and P2 = (1, 4, −0 ) with the plane
3x − 2 y + z = 1 .

 1 2 1
3. Let A =  −1 4 c  .
 3 c 2 
a) Find all values of c for which A is not invertible.
. . . 
b) Let c = 1, and find the two entries marked * in A = . . *  .
−1

. . * 

4. Consider the plane curve given by x ( t ) = et cos t , y ( t ) = et sin t .


a) Find the velocity vector, and show that the speed is equal to 2 et .
b) Find the angle between the velocity vector and the position vector, and show that it is the same for
every t.

5. Let f ( x, y ) = x3 + xy 2 − 2 y .
a) Find the gradient of f at (1, 2) and use an approximation formula to estimate the value of f(1.1, 1.9).
df
b) Use the chain rule to find the rate of change of f, , along the parametric curve x ( t ) = t 3 ,
dt
y ( t ) = 2t 2 , at the time t = 1.

6. In the contour plot below: mark a point


where f = 1, f x  0 , and f y = 0 , and draw the
direction of the gradient vector at the point P.

7. Let f ( x, y ) = x3 + xy 2 − 2 y .
a) Find all the critical points of f.
b) Determine the type of critical point at the origin.
c) What are the maximum and minimum of f in the region x  0 . (Justify your answer)
8. a) Find the equation of the tangent plane to the surface x3 + yz = 1 at ( −1, 2,1) .
b) Assume that x, y, z are constrained by the relation x3 + yz = 1 , and let f be a function of
 f 
x, y, z , whose gradient at ( −1, 2,1) is a, b, c . Find the value of   at ( −1, 2,1) .
 y  z

1 x
2 xy
9. Evaluate the integral   1− y
0 0
4
dy dx by changing the order of integration.

10. Evaluate the work done by the vector field F = − y 3iˆ + x 3 ˆj around the circle of radius a centered
at the origin, oriented counterclockwise in two ways, directly and by using Green’s Theorem.

11. Find the flux of x iˆ out of each side of the square of sidelength 2, −1  x  1, − 1  y  1 . Explain
why the total flux out of any square of sidelength 2 is the same regardless of its center and orientation.

Let F = ( x 2 − xy ) iˆ + 2 y ˆj , and let C be the ellipse ( 2 x − y ) + ( 5 x + y ) = 3 , oriented


2 2
12.
counterclockwise.
a) Use the normal form of Green’s Theorem to express the flux of F through C as a double integral.
(Give the integrand and region of integration, but do not provide limits for the iterated integral.)
b) Use a change of variables to evaluate the double integral you found.

13. Express the volume of the cylinder 0  z  a, x 2 + y 2  1 first as a triple integral in cylindrical
coordinates and then as the sum of two triple integrals in spherical coordinates.

14. Let F = z 2 iˆ + z sin y ˆj + ( 2 z + axz + b cos y ) kˆ .


a) Find values of a and b such that F is conservative.
b) For these values of a and b, find a potential function for F using a systematic method.
c) Still using the same values of a and b you found in a) , calculate  F  dR , where C is the portion of
C

the curve x = t 3 , y = 1 − t 2 , z = t for −1  t  1 .

15. Calculate the flux of F = x iˆ + y ˆj + (1 − 2 z ) kˆ out of the solid bonded by the xy-plane and the
paraboloid z = 4 − x 2 − y 2 in two ways: directly and using the divergence theorem.

16. Let F = ( −6 y 2 + 6 y ) iˆ + ( x 2 − 3z 2 ) ˆj − x 2 kˆ .
Calculate curl F and use Stoke’s theorem to show that he work done by F along any simple closed
curve in the plane x + 2 y + z = 1 is equal to zero.

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