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Calculus III: Practice Final
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Circle one: Section 6 Section 7 .
• Read the problems carefully.
• Show your work unless asked otherwise.
• Partial credit will be given for incomplete work.
• The exam contains 10 problems.
• The last page is the formula sheet, which you may detach.
• Good luck!
Question: 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 Total
Points: 10 10 10 10 10 10 10 10 10 10 100
Score:
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Calc III (Spring ’13) Practice Final Page 2 of 12
1. (10 points) Circle True or False. No justifation is needed.
(a) The curve traced by hcos2 (t), sin2 (t)i is a circle.
True False
(b) The plane 3x + 2y − z = 0 is perpendicular to the line x = 3t, y = 2t, z = −t.

True False
(c) The function (

sin(x+y+z)
x+y+z
6 0
if x + y + z =
f (x, y, z) =
1 if x + y + z = 0
is continuous at (0, 0, 0).
True False
(d) If the acceleration is constant, then the trajectory must be a straight line.
True False
(e) The complex number e2+3i has magnitude 2.

True False
2. In the following, compute V · W , V × W , and the cosine of the angle between V and W .
(a) (5 points) V = h2, −1, 1i, W = h1, 3, −2i.
(b) (5 points) V = i + 3j, W = 3j − 2k.

3. Use the contour plot of f (x, y) to answer the questions. No justification is needed.
(a) (3 points) Mark any three critical points of f . Label them A, B, and C. Identify
whether they are local minima, local maxima or saddle points.
(b) (2 points) Draw a vector at (1, 1) indicating the direction of ∇f at (1, 1).
(c) (3 points) Determine the sign of
∂f
1. ∂x
(3, 4):
∂f
2. ∂y
(2, 3):
3. Du f (5, 3) where u is the South–East direction:
∂f
(d) (2 points) Give a (admittedly rough) numerical estimate of ∂x
(1, 1).
4. (a) (5 points) Write parametric equations for the tangent line at h1, 0, 1i to the curve
traced by ht2 , ln t, t3 i.
(b) (5 points) Write an equation of the normal plane to the curve at the same point.
2 2
5. (a) (5 points) Let f (x, y) = xy/(x + y ). Find lim(x,y)→(0,0) f (x, y) or show that the
limit does not exist.
R xy 2 ∂f ∂f
(b) (5 points) Let f (x, y) = 0
et dt. Find ∂x
and ∂y
.
6. A ball of unit mass is thrown with the initial velocity of i + j. It experiences the force
of gravity of magnitude 10 units in the −j direction and a force due to the wind of
magnitude 1 unit in the i direction. Suppose the ball is initially at (0, 4).
(a) (7 points) Find the position of the ball at time t.
(b) (3 points) Where is the ball when it hits the ground?

xy
7. Suppose u = e where x = st + s + t and y = st − s − t.
(a) (2 points) Find the value of u when s = 2 and t = 2.
(b) (8 points) Find an approximate numerical value of u when s = 2.01 and t = 1.98.
3 3
8. (10 points) Find all the critical points of the function f (x, y) = x +y −3xy. Determine
if they are local maxima, local minima or saddle points.
9. (10 points) A race track is in the shape of Race track
an ellipse with minor radius 1 km and ma-
jor radius 2 km as shown. A car is going 1
along this track at a constant speed of 100 P
km/h. Find the tangent and normal com- 2
ponent of its accelaration when it as at P .
10. (10 points) You want to design a cylindrical cup that can hold 100π ml coffee. To
minimize the material to be used, you decide to minimize the surface area. What is the
radius and height of the optimal cup? (Ignore the thickness of the walls.)
LIST OF USEFUL IDENTITIES
1. Derivatives
d n d
(1) dx
x = nxn−1 (7) dx
csc x = − csc x cot x
d d x
(2) dx
sin x = cos x (8) dx
e = ex
d d 1
(3) dx
cos x = − sin x (9) dx
ln |x| = x
d d √ 1
(4) dx
tan x = sec2 x (10) dx
arcsin x = 1−x2
(5) d
cot x = − csc2 x (11) d
arccos x = √ −1
dx dx 1−x2
d d 1
(6) dx
sec x = sec x tan x (12) dx
arctan x = 1+x2
2. Trigonometry
(1) sin2 x + cos2 x = 1 (5) cos(x ± y) = cos x cos y ∓ sin x sin y

(2) tan2 x + 1 = sec2 x (6) sin2 x = 1−cos 2x
2
1+cos 2x
(3) 1 + cot2 x = csc2 x (7) cos2 x = 2
.
(4) sin(x ± y) = sin x cos y ± cos x sin y
3. Space curves
For a parametric space curve given by r(t)

|r0 (t) × r00 (t)|
(1) Curvature κ = .
|r0 (t)|3
r0 (t) · r00 (t)
(2) Tangent component of acceleration aT = |r0 (t)|0 = .
|r0 (t)|
|r0 (t) × r00 (t)|
(3) Normal component of acceleration aN = κ|r0 (t)|2 = .
|r0 (t)|

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Calculus III: Practice Final

Circle one: Section 6 Section 7 .

• Read the problems carefully.

• Show your work unless asked otherwise.

• Partial credit will be given for incomplete work.

• The exam contains 10 problems.

(b) The plane 3x + 2y − z = 0 is perpendicular to the line x = 3t, y = 2t, z = −t.

(c) The function (

(e) The complex number e2+3i has magnitude 2.

(b) (5 points) V = i + 3j, W = 3j − 2k.

(b) (3 points) Where is the ball when it hits the ground?

(1) sin2 x + cos2 x = 1 (5) cos(x ± y) = cos x cos y ∓ sin x sin y

For a parametric space curve given by r(t)

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