MATH2014 Multivariable Calculus and Linear Algebra

Assignment 1

Instructions

- Due date: 5:00 p.m., 23 September, 2016

- Write on white A4 paper. Staple multi-page assignments in the top left corner only.
Dont put your assignment in a plastic folder.

- Write your name and student number at the top right corner of first page.

- Use a blue or black pen for handwritten answers; avoid other colours. Dont use pencil
for writing assignments.

- No need to copy the questions. Show all the steps of your calculation.

- Full marks of this assignment is 2.

1. Let
sin(x y) ,

(x, y) 6= (0, 0)
f (x, y) = |x| + |y|
0, (x, y) = (0, 0).

Is f continuous at the origin? Why?

2. Three resistors of resistances R1 , R2 and R3 connected in parallel produce a resistance R

given by R1 = R11 + R12 + R13 . Express R in terms of R1 , R2 and R3 . Compute R R
j
for
j = 1, 2, 3.

 
3. Suppose g(u) is a C 1 -function of u and let w = xy g xy . Use the chain rule of
differentiation to evaluate the expression x w
x
+ y w
y
w.

3
4. Use total differential to approximate 4.982 + 1.052 + 0.962 .

w
5. Let w = x2 + y 2 z 2 , x = sin cos , y = sin sin and z = cos . Calculate
and
w

.

6. The length and width of a rectangle are measured with percentage errors of 0.5%. Approx-
imate the maximun percentage error if total differnetial is used in calculating the length
p
of the diagonal, s = x2 + y 2 where x and y are the length and width respectively.