1 12.3/12.

4 Vector Products

Easy
Find the angle between the two vectors by using (a) the dot product (b) the
cross product.
x =< 2, 2, 1 >, y =< 5, 3, 2 >

Medium
Find a vector perpendicular to the vectors < 3, 1, 7 > and < 0, 5, 5 >.
Then find the area of the parallelogram spanned by those two vectors. For
good measure, find the volume of the parallelepiped spanned by the two
vectors as well as the new vector you just calculated.

Hard
49. Use a projection to show that the distance from a point P1 (x1 , y1 ) to the
line ax + by + c = 0 is
|ax1 + by1 + c|

a2 + b 2

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2 12.5/12.6 Equations of Lines and Surfaces

Easy
Identify the following surfaces:
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(a) x2 + y 2 + z 2 = 4

(x3)2
(b) z = 3
+ y2

(c) z 2 = (x )2 + 5(y 2)2

(d) 7x2 3(y + e)2 + (z + 1)2 = 1

(e) 3h(x + 3)2 y 2 12z 2 = 1

Medium
Find an equation for the plane spanned by the vectors < 2, 4, 4 >, <
4, 1, 2 >. Then, using the normal vector you just found, find the equation
for the line spanned by that vector that passes through the point (5, 2, 0).

Hard
Find the angle between the planes x + y + z = 1 and x 2y + 3z = 1.
Then find both symmetric equations and a vector equation for the line of
intersection.

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3 13.2 Vector Functions/Derivatives and In-
tegrals

Easy
19. Find the unit tangent vector of the curve r(t) =< cos t, 3t, 2 sin 2t > at
t = 0.

Medium
35. Evaluate the integral
Z
2
(3 sin2 t cos ti + 3 sin t cos2 tj + 2 sin t cos tk)dt
0

Hard
51. If u(t) = r(t) [r0 r00 ], show that

u0(t) = r(t) [r0 (t) r000 (t)]

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4 13.3 Arc Length and Curvature

Easy
5. Find the length of the curve: r(t) = i + t2 j + t3 k, 0t1

Medium
23. Find the curvature at any given time of: r(t) =< 3t, 4 sin t, 4 cos t >.

Hard
51. Show that the curvature is related to the tangent and normal vectors
by the equation:
dT
= N
ds

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5 14.1 Functions of Several Variables

Easy
yx2
17. Find and sketch the domain of the function f (x, y) = 1x2
.

Medium
43. Draw a contour map of the function f (x, y) = yex .

Hard
63. Describe the level surfaces of f (x, y, z) = x2 y 2 + z 2 .

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6 14.2 Limits and Continuity

Easy
17/19. Find the limit if it exists, or show that the limit does not exist.

x2 + y 2
lim exy sin(z/2), lim p
(x,y,z)(3,0,1) (x,y)(0,0) x2 + y 2 + 1 1

Medium
26. Find h(x, y) = g(f (x, y)) and the set on which h is continuous.
1 xy
g(t) = t + ln t, f (x, y) =
1 + x2 y 2

Hard
42. Using polar coordinates, show that

sin(x2 + y 2 )
lim =1
(x,y)(0,0) x2 + y 2

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7 14.3 Partial Derivatives

Easy
47. Use implicit differentiation to find z/x and z/y of xz = arctan(yz).

Medium p
59. Verify that Clairauts Theorem holds for u = ln x2 + y 2 .

Hard
2
93. If f (x, y) = x(x2 + y 2 )3/2 esin x y) , find fx (1, 0).

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8 14.4 Tangent Planes and Linear Approxi-
mations

Easy
4. Find the equation for the tangent plane of the surface z = y ln x at the
point (1, 4, 0).

Medium p
19. Find the linear approximation of the function f (x, y) = 20 x2 7y 2
at (2, 1) and use it to approximate f (1.95, 1.08).

Hard
34. The dimensions of a closed rectangular box are measured as 80 cm, 60 cm,
and 50 cm, respectively, with a possible error of 0.2 cm in each dimension.
Use differentials to estimate the maximum error in calculating the surface
area of the box.

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9 14.5 The Chain Rule

Easy
10. Use the chain rule to find z/s and z/t.

z = ex+2y , x = s/t, y = t/s

Medium
15. Suppose f is a differentiable function of x and y, and g(u, v) = f (eu +
sin v, eu + cos v). Use the table of values to calculate gu (0,0) and gv (0,0).

f g fx fy
(0, 0) 3 6 4 8
(1, 2) 6 3 2 5

Hard
35. The temperature at a point (x, y) is T (x, y), measured in degrees Celsius.

A bug crawls so that its position after t seconds is given by x = 1 + t,
y = 2 + 31 t, where x and y are measured in centimeters. The temperature
function satisfies Tx (2, 3) = 4 and Ty (2, 3) = 3. How fast is the temperature
rising on the bugs path after 3 seconds?

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10 14.6 Directional Derivatives and the Gra-
dient

Easy
17. Find the directional derivative of the function at the given point in the
direction of the vector v.

g(x, y, z) = (x + 2y + 3z)3/2 , (1, 1, 2), v = 2j k

Medium
29. Find all points at which the direction of fastest change of the function
f (x, y) = x2 + y 2 2x 4y is i + j.

Hard
52. At what point on the paraboloid y = x2 + z 2 is the tangent plane parallel
to the plane x + 2y + 3z = 1?

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11 14.7 Maximum and Minimum Values

Easy
15. Find the local maximum and minimum values and saddle points of the
function.
2 2
f (x, y) = (x2 + y 2 )ey x

Medium
34. Find the absolute maximum and minimum values of the set D.

f (x, y) = xy 2 , D = {(x, y)|x 0, y 0, x2 + y 2 3}

Hard
51. A cardboard box without a lid is to have a volume of 32,000 cm3 . Find
the dimensions that minimize the amount of cardboard used.

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12 14.8 Langrange Multipliers

Easy
13. Use Lagrange multipliers to find the maximum and maximum values of
the function subject to the given constraint.

f (x, y, z, t) = x + y + z + t; x2 + y 2 + z 2 + t2 = 1

Medium
26. Use Lagrange multipliers to prove that the triangle with maximum area
that has a given perimeter p is equilateral.
Hint: Use Herons formula for the area:
p
A = s(s x)(s y)(s z)

where s = p/2 and x, y, z are the lengths of the sides.

Hard
41. The plane x + y + 2z = 2 intersects the paraboloid z = x2 + y 2 in an
ellipse. Find the points on this ellipse that are nearest to and farthest from
the origin.

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13 15.1 Double Integrals Over Rectangles

Easy RR
12. Evaluate R (5 x)dA, R = {(x, y)|0 x 5, 0 y 3} by first
identifying it as the volume of a solid.

Medium
RR3] 2[0, 2], 2use a Riemann sum with m = 4, n = 2 to estimate
2. If R = [1,
the value of R (y 2x )dA. Take the sample points to be the upper left
corners of the squares.

Hard
18. Show that ZZ
1
0 sin x cos ydA
R 32
1
where R = [0, 4
] [ 41 , 12 ] by using the fact that
ZZ
kdA = k(b a)(d c)
D

where D = [a, b] [c, d] and k is a constant.

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14 15.2 Iterated Integrals

Easy
11. Calculate the following integral:
Z 1Z 1
(u v)5 dudv
0 0

Medium
35 .Find the average value of f over the given rectangle:

f (x, y) = x2 y, R has vertices (-1,0), (-1,5), (1,5), (1,0)

Hard
31. Find the volume of the solid enclosed by the paraboloid z = 2 + x2 +
(y 2)2 and the planes z = 1, x = 1, x = 1, y = 0, and y = 4.

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15 15.3 Double Integrals Over General Re-
gions

Easy
19. Find the volume of the solid that lies under the plane x + 2y z = 0 and
above the region bounded by y = x and y = x4 .

Medium
31. Find the volume of the solid enclosed by the parabolic cylinders y =
1 x2 , y = x2 1 and the planes x + y + z = 2, 2x + 2y z + 10 = 0 by
subtracting two volumes.

Hard
50. Evaluate the integral Z 8 Z 2
4

ex dxdy
0 3 y

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16 15.4 Double Integrals in Polar Coordinates

Easy
12. Using polar coordinates evaluate
ZZ
yex dA
R

where R is the region in the first quadrant enclosed by the circle x2 +y 2 = 25.

Medium
16. Find the area of the region enclosed by the curve 4 + 3 cos .

Hard
34. An agricultural sprinkler distributes water in a circular pattern of radius
100 ft. It supplies water to a depth of er feet per hour at a distance of r
feet from the sprinkler.

(a) If 0 < R 100, what is the total amount of water supplied per hour
to the region inside the circle of radius R centered at the sprinkler?

(b) Determine an expression for the average amount of water per hour per
square foot supplied to the region inside the circle of radius R.

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17 15.5 Applications of Double Integrals

Easy
9. Find the mass and center of mass of that occupies the region D =
{(x, y)|0 y sin(x/L), 0 x L} given that the density is given
by (x, y) = y.

Medium
13. The
boundary of a lamina consists of the semicircles y = 1 x2 and
2
y = 4 x together with the portions of the x-axis that join them. Find
the center of mass of the lamina if the density at any point is proportional
to its distance from the origin.

Hard
19. Find the moments of inertia Ix , Iy , I0 of the lamina in the shape of an
isosceles right triangle with equal sides of length a if the density at any point
is proportional to the square of the distance from the vertex opposite the
hypotenuse.

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18 15.6 Triple Integrals

Easy
19. Use a triple integral to find the volume of the tetrahedron enclosed by
the coordinate planes and the plane 2x + y + z = 4.

Medium RRR
31. Express the integral E
f (x, y, z)dV as an iterated integral in six dif-
ferent ways, where E is the solid bounded by y = x2 , z = 0, y + 2z = 4.

Hard
41. Find the moments of inertia for a cube with side length L if one vertex is
located at the origin and three edges lie along the coordinate axes. (Density
is constant)

Challenge
53. Find the region E for which the triple integral
ZZZ
(1 x2 2y 2 3z 2 )dV
E

is a maximum.

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19 15.7 Triple Integrals in Cylindrical Coor-
dinates

Easy
15. Sketch the solid whose volume is given by the integral and evaluate the
integral. Z 4 Z 2 Z 4
rdzddr
0 0 r

Medium
22. Find the volume of the solid that lies within both the cylinder x2 +y 2 = 1
and the sphere x2 + y 2 + z 2 = 4.

Hard
25. Find the mass and center of mass of the solid S bounded by the
paraboloid z = 4x2 + 4y 2 and the plane z = a (a > 0) if S has constant
density K.

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20 15.8 Triple Integrals in Spherical Coordi-
nates

Easy
21. Evaluate ZZZ
(x2 + y 2 + z 2 )2 dV,
B
where B is the ball with the center the origin and radius 5.

Medium
26. Evaluate ZZZ
xyzdV,
E
where E lies between the spheres = 2 and = 4 and above the cone
= /3.

Hard
44. Show that
Z Z Z
2 +y 2 +z 2 )
p
x2 + y 2 + z 2 e(x dxdydz = 2

Note: The improper triple integral is defined as the limit of a triple integral
over a solid sphere as the radius of the sphere increases indefinitely.

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21 15.9 Change of Variables in Multiple In-
tegrals

Easy
5. Find the Jacobian of the transformation

x = u/v, y = v/w, z = w/u

Medium
14. Use the given transformation to evaluate the integral
ZZ
(x2 xy + y 2 )dA,
R

2 2
where
R is the
p region bounded
by p the ellipse x xy + y = 2;
x = 2u 2/3v, y = 2 + 2/3v

Hard
23. Evaluate the integral by making an appropriate change of variables.
ZZ
ex+y dA,
R

where R is given by the inequality |x| + |y| 1

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22 16.1 Vector Fields

Easy
24. Find the gradient vector field of f (x, y, z) = x cos(y/z)

Medium
4. Sketch the vector field F(x, y) = (x y)i + xj

Hard
33. A particle moves in a velocity field V(x, y) =< x2 , x + y 2 >. If it is at
position (2,1) at time t = 3, estimate its location at time t = 3.01.

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23 16.2 Line Integrals

Easy R
6. Evaluate C xey dx where C is the arc of the curve x = ey from (1, 0) to
(e, 1)

Medium R
16. Evaluate C x2 dx + y 2 dy + z 2 dz where C consists of line segments from
(0, 0, 0) to (1, 2, 1) and from (1, 2, 1) to (3, 2, 0).

Hard
33. A thin wire is bent into the shape of a semicircle x2 + y 2 = 4, x 0.
If the linear density is a constant k, find the mass and center of mass of the
wire.

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24 16.3 The Fundamental Theorem for Line
Integrals

Easy
8. Determine whether or not F is a conservative vector field. If it is, find a
function f such that F = f .

F(x, y) = (xy cos(xy) + sin(xy))i + (x2 cos(xy))j

Medium
19. Show that the line integral
Z
tan ydx + x sec2 ydy,
C

is independent of path and evaluate it where C is any path from (1, 0) to

(2, /4).

Hard
33. Let F(x, y) = yi+xj
x2 +y 2
and show that P/y = Q/x. Then show that
R
C
F dr is not independent of path.

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25 16.4 Greens Theorem

Easy
5. Use Greens Theorem to evaluate the line integral along the given posi-
tively oriented curve. Z
xy 2 dx + 2x2 ydy,
C

where C is the triangle with vertices (0,0),(2,2), and (2,4).

Medium
17. Use Greens Theorem to find the work done by the force F(x, y) =
x(x + y)i + xy 2 j in moving a particle from the origin along the x-axis to (1,0),
then along the line segment to (0,1), and then back to the origin along the
y-axis.

Hard
20. If a circle C with radius 1 rolls along the outisde of the circle x2 +y 2 = 16,
a fixed point P on C traces out a curve called an epicycloid, with parametric
equations x = 5 cos t cos 5t, y = 5 sin t sin 5t. Graph the epicycloid and
find the area it encloses.

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26 16.5 Curl and Divergence
Easy
7. Find the curl and the divergence of the vector field,

F(x, y, z) = hln x, ln(xy), ln(xyz)i

Medium
15/18. Determine whether or not the vector field is conservative. If so, find
a function f such that F = f .

(a) F(x, y, z) = 2xyi + (x2 + 2yz)j + y 2 k.

(b) F(x, y, z) = y cos(xy)i + x cos(xy)j sin zk

Hard
25/27/29. Prove the following identities assuming that all partial derivatives
are continuous, f is a scalar field, and F, G are vector fields.

(a) div(f F) = f divF + F f

(b) div(F G) = G curl F F curl G

(c) curl(curl F) = grad(div F) 2 F

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27 16.6 Parametric Surfaces and Their Areas
Easy
19. Find a parametric representation for the plane that passes through the
point (1, 2, -3) and contains the vectors i + j j and i j + k.

Medium
21. Find a parametric representation for the part of the hyperboloid x2 +
y 2 z 2 = 1 that lies to the right of the xz-plane.

Hard
47. Find the area of the surface with parametric equations x = u2 , y =
uv, z = 21 v 2 , 0 u 1, 0 v 2.

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28 16.7 Surface Integrals

Easy
5. Evaluate the surface integral
ZZ
x2 yzdS,
S

where S is the part of the plane z = 1 + 2x + 3y that lies above the rectangle
[0, 3] [0, 2].

Medium RR
22. Evaluate the surface integral S F dS for F(x, y, z) = xi + yj + z 4 k,
p
where S is the part of the cone z = x2 + y 2 beneath the plane z = 1 with
downward orientation.

Hard RR
27. Evaluate the surface integral S F dS for F(x, y, z) = xi + 2yj + 3zk,
where S is the cube with vertices (1, 1, 1). No Divergence Theorem
allowed.

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29 16.8 Stokes Theorem

Easy RR
2. Evaluate S curlF dS where F(x, y, z) = 2y cos zi + ex sin zj + xey k, and
S is the hemisphere x2 + y 2 + z 2 = 9, z 0, oriented upward.

Medium R
9. Use Stokes Theorem to evaluate C F dr where F(x, y, z) = yzi + 2xzj +
exy k and C is the circle x2 + y 2 = 16, z = 5

Hard
18. Evaluate Z
(y + sin x)dx + (z 2 + cos y)dy + x3 dz
C

where C is the curve r(t) = hsin t, cos t, sin 2ti, 0 t 2. Hint: Observe
that C lies on the surface z = 2xy.

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30 16.9 Divergence Theorem

Easy
1. Verify that the Divergence Theorem is true for the vector field F on the
region E.
F(x, y, z) = 3xi + xyj + 2xzk
where E is the cube bounded by the planes x = 0, x = 1, y = 0, y = 1, z =
0, z = 1.

Medium
11. Find the flux through the surface S of the solid bounded by the paraboloid
z = x2 + y 2 and the plane z = 4 given the following vector field.

F(x, y, z) = (cos z + xy 2 )i + xez j + (sin y + x2 z)k.

Hard
27. Assume that S is a surface that bounds a closedRR region and that F has
continuous partial differential equations. Prove that S curl F dS = 0.

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