Chapter 10
Active Calculus Multivariable · 116 exercises
Problem 1
Use Lagrange multipliers to find the maximum and minimum values of \(f(x, y)=3 x-4 y\) subject to the constraint \(x^{2}+3 y^{2}=129,\) if such values exist. maximum \(=\) __________. minimum \(=\)___________.
4 step solution
Problem 1
The function $$k(x, y)=e^{-y^{2}} \cos (5 x)$$ has a critical point at (0,0) . What is the value of \(D\) at this critical point? \(D=\) _________. What type of critical point is it? \(\quad(\square\) maximum \(\square\) minimum \(\square\) saddle point \(\square\) point with unknown behavior)
5 step solution
Problem 1
Consider the function \(f(x, y, z)=x y+y z^{2}+x z^{3}\). Find the gradient of \(f\) : ( ____________, ____________) Find the gradient of \(f\) at the point (2,3,5) . ( ____________, ____________) Find the rate of change of the function \(f\) at the point (2,3,5) in the direction \(\mathbf{u}=\langle 4 / \sqrt{66},-5 / \sqrt{66},-5 / \sqrt{66}\rangle .\)
4 step solution
Problem 1
Use the chain rule to find \(\frac{d z}{d t}\), where $$z=x^{2} y+x y^{2}, \quad x=1-t^{5}, \quad y=3-t^{2}$$ First the pieces: \(\frac{\partial z}{\partial x}=\) ________. \(\frac{\partial z}{\partial y}=\) ________. \(\frac{d x}{d t}=\) ________. \(\frac{d y}{d t}=\) ________. End result (in terms of just \(t)\) \(\frac{d z}{d t}=\) __________.
5 step solution
Problem 1
Find the linearization \(L(x, y)\) of the function \(f(x, y)=\sqrt{161-9 x^{2}-4 y^{2}}\) at (-4,-2) \(L(x, y)=\) ____________. Note: Your answer should be an expression in \(x\) and \(y ;\) e.g. " \(3 x-5 y\) \(+9 "\)
4 step solution
Problem 1
Calculate all four second-order partial derivatives of \(f(x, y)=4 x^{2} y+8 x y^{3}\). \(f_{x x}(x, y)=\) _________. \(f_{x y}(x, y)=\) _________. \(f_{y x}(x, y)=\) _________. \(f_{y y}(x, y)=\) _________.
3 step solution
Problem 1
Find the first partial derivatives of \(f(x, y)=\frac{x-4 y}{x+4 y}\) at the point \((x, y)=(4,1)\) \(\frac{\partial f}{\partial x}(4,1)=\) _________. \(\frac{\partial f}{\partial y}(4,1)=\) _________.
3 step solution
Problem 1
Find the limits, if they exist, or type \(D N E\) for any which do not exist. $$\lim _{(x, y) \rightarrow(0,0)} \frac{1 x^{2}}{3 x^{2}+4 y^{2}}$$ 1) Along the \(x\) -axis: ___________. 2) Along the \(y\) -axis: ___________. 3) Along the line \(y=m x\) : ___________. 4) The limit is: ___________.
4 step solution
Problem 2
Use Lagrange multipliers to find the maximum and minimum values of \(f(x, y)=x^{2} y+3 y^{2}-y,\) subject to the constraint \(x^{2}+y^{2} \leq 38.3333333333333\) maximum \(=\) __________ minimum \(=\) ___________
4 step solution
Problem 2
Consider the function $$f(x, y)=\left(18 x-x^{2}\right)\left(18 y-y^{2}\right)$$ Find and classify all critical points of the function. If there are more blanks than critical points, leave the remaining entries blank. \(f_{x}=\) _________. \(f_{y}=\) _________. \(f_{x x}=\) _________. \(f_{x y}=\) _________. \(f_{y y}=\) _________. There are several critical points to be listed. List them lexicograhically, that is in ascending order by x-coordinates, and for equal x-coordinates in ascending order by y-coordinates (e.g., (1,1),(2,-1),(2,3) is a correct order) The critical point with the smallest x-coordinate is (_____________, ____________) Classification: (_____________, ____________) (local minimum, local maximum, saddle point, cannot be determined) The critical point with the next smallest x-coordinate is (_____________, ____________) Classification: (_____________, ____________) (local minimum, local maximum, saddle point, cannot be determined) The critical point with the next smallest \(\mathrm{x}\) -coordinate is (_____________, ____________) Classification: (_____________, ____________) (local minimum, local maximum, saddle point, cannot be determined) The critical point with the next smallest x-coordinate is (_____________, ____________) Classification: (_____________, ____________) (local minimum, local maximum, saddle point, cannot be determined) The critical point with the next smallest \(x\) -coordinate is (_____________, ____________) Classification: (_____________, ____________) (local minimum, local maximum, saddle point, cannot be determined)
5 step solution
Problem 2
If \(f(x, y)=3 x^{2}-1 y^{2},\) find the value of the directional derivative at the point (-1,-4) in the direction given by the angle \(\theta=\frac{2 \pi}{6}\).
3 step solution
Problem 2
Use the chain rule to find \(\frac{\partial z}{\partial s}\) and \(\frac{\partial z}{\partial t},\) where $$z=e^{x y} \tan y, x=4 s+5 t, y=\frac{3 s}{3 t}$$ First the pieces: \(\frac{\partial z}{\partial x}=\) ________ \(\frac{\partial z}{\partial y}=\) \(\frac{\partial x}{\partial s}=\) ________ \(\frac{\partial x}{\partial t}=\) \(\frac{\partial y}{\partial s}=\) ________ \(\frac{\partial y}{\partial t}=\)
3 step solution
Problem 2
Find the equation of the tangent plane to the surface \(z=e^{2 x / 17} \ln (1 y)\) at the point (3,2,0.9865) . \(\mathrm{z}=\) __________.
5 step solution
Problem 2
Find all the first and second order partial derivatives of \(f(x, y)=3 \sin (2 x+\) \(y)-4 \cos (x-y)\) A. \(\frac{\partial f}{\partial x}=f_{x}=\) ________. B. \(\frac{\partial f}{\partial y}=f_{y}=\) ________. C. \(\frac{\partial^{2} f}{\partial x^{2}}=f_{x x}=\) ________. D. \(\frac{\partial^{2} f}{\partial y^{2}}=f_{y y}=\) ________. E. \(\frac{\partial^{2} f}{\partial x \partial y}=f_{y x}=\) ________. F. \(\frac{\partial^{2} f}{\partial y \partial x}=f_{x y}=\) ________.
6 step solution
Problem 2
Find the first partial derivatives of \(f(x, y)=\sin (x-y)\) at the point \((-4,\) -4) A. \(f_{x}(-4,-4)=\) _________. B. \(f_{y}(-4,-4)=\) _________.
3 step solution
Problem 2
In this problem we show that the function $$f(x, y)=\frac{6 x-y}{x+y}$$ does not have a limit as \((x, y) \rightarrow(0,0)\). (a) Suppose that we consider \((x, y) \rightarrow(0,0)\) along the curve \(y=4 x\). Find the limit in this case: \(\lim _{(x, 4 x) \rightarrow(0,0)} \frac{6 x-y}{x+y}=\) __________. (b) Now consider \((x, y) \rightarrow(0,0)\) along the curve \(y=5 x\). Find the limit in this case: \(\lim _{(x, 5 x) \rightarrow(0,0)} \frac{6 x-y}{x+y}=\) _________. (c) Note that the results from \((a)\) and \((b)\) indicate that \(f\) has no limit as \((x, y) \rightarrow(0,0)\) (be sure you can explain why!). To show this more generally, consider \((x, y) \rightarrow(0,0)\) along the curve \(y=m x,\) for arbitrary \(m .\) Find the limit in this case: \(\lim _{m x) \rightarrow(0,0)} \frac{6 x-y}{x+y}=\) ____________. (Be sure that you can explain how this result also indicates that \(f\) has no limit as \((x, y) \rightarrow(0,0)\).
4 step solution
Problem 3
Find the absolute maximum and minimum of the function \(f(x, y)=x^{2}+\) \(y^{2}\) subject to the constraint \(x^{4}+y^{4}=6561\). As usual, ignore unneeded answer blanks, and list points in lexicographic order. Absolute minimum value: ____________________. attained at ( ____________, ______________) ( ____________, ) Absolute minimum value: ____________________. attained at ( ____________, ______________) ( ____________, )
5 step solution
Problem 3
Suppose \(f(x, y)=x y-a x-b y\). (A) How many local minimum points does \(f\) have in \(\mathbf{R}^{2} ?\) (The answer is an integer). (B) How many local maximum points does \(f\) have in \(\mathbf{R}^{2} ?\) (C) How many saddle points does \(f\) have in \(\mathbf{R}^{2} ?\)
5 step solution
Problem 3
Find the directional derivative of \(f(x, y, z)=4 x y+z^{2}\) at the point (-5,3,-2) in the direction of the maximum rate of change of \(f\). \(f_{u B\rangle I>}(-5,3,-2)=D_{u B> I>} f(-5,3,-2)=\)
4 step solution
Problem 3
Suppose \(w=\frac{x}{y}+\frac{y}{z},\) where $$x=e^{5 t}, y=2+\sin (3 t), \text { and } z=2+\cos (6 t)$$ A) Use the chain rule to find \(\frac{d w}{d t}\) as a function of \(x, y, z,\) and \(t .\) Do not rewrite \(x, y,\) and \(z\) in terms of \(t,\) and do not rewrite \(e^{5 t}\) as \(x\). \(\frac{d w}{d t}=\) ____________. B) Use part A to evaluate \(\frac{d w}{\|}\) when \(t=0\).
4 step solution
Problem 3
A student was asked to find the equation of the tangent plane to the surface \(z=x^{4}-y^{5}\) at the point \((x, y)=(4,5) .\) The student's answer was \(z=-2869+4 x^{3}(x-4)-\left(5 y^{4}\right)(y-5)\) (a) At a glance, how do you know this is wrong. What mistakes did the student make? Select all that apply. \(\square\) The answer is not a linear function. \(\square\) The \((\mathrm{x}-4)\) and \((\mathrm{y}-\) 5) should be \(x\) and y. \(\quad \square\) The partial derivatives were not evaluated a the point. \(\square\) The -2869 should not be in the answer. All of the above (b) Find the correct equation for the tangent plane. \(z=\) ____________.
5 step solution
Problem 3
Find the partial derivatives of the function $$f(x, y)=x y e^{4 y}$$ \(f_{x}(x, y)=\) ________. \(f_{y}(x, y)=\) _________. \(f_{x y}(x, y)=\) _________. \(f_{y x}(x, y)=\) _________.
4 step solution
Problem 3
Find the partial derivatives of the function $$w=\sqrt{4 r^{2}+3 s^{2}+7 t^{2}}$$ \(\frac{\partial w}{\partial r}=\) ________. \(\frac{\partial w}{\partial s}=\) ________. \(\frac{\partial w}{\partial t}=\) ________.
5 step solution
Problem 3
Show that the function $$f(x, y)=\frac{x^{3} y}{x^{6}+y^{3}}$$ does not have a limit at (0,0) by examining the following limits. (a) Find the limit of \(f\) as \((x, y) \rightarrow(0,0)\) along the line \(y=x\). \(\lim _{(x, y) \rightarrow(0,0)} f(x, y)=\) ________. (b) Find the limit of \(f\) as \((x, y) \rightarrow(0,0)\) along the curve \(y=x^{3}\). \(\lim _{(x, y) \rightarrow(0,0)} f(x, y)=\) ___________.
6 step solution
Problem 4
Find the absolute maximum and minimum of the function \(f(x, y)=x^{2}-\) \(y^{2}\) subject to the constraint \(x^{2}+y^{2}=361 .\) As usual, ignore unneeded answer blanks, and list points in lexicographic order. Absolute minimum value: ____________________. attained at ( ____________, ______________) ( ____________, ) Absolute minimum value: ____________________. attained at ( ____________, ______________) ( ____________, )
4 step solution
Problem 4
Let \(f(x, y)=1 / x+2 / y+3 x+4 y\) in the region \(R\) where \(x, y>0\). Explain why \(f\) must have a global minimum at some point in \(R\) (note that \(R\) is unbounded- - how does this influence your explanation?). Then find the global minimum. minimum \(=\) ______________.
5 step solution
Problem 4
The temperature at any point in the plane is given by \(T(x, y)=\frac{100}{x^{2}+y^{2}+3}\). (a) What shape are the level curves of \(T ?\) \(\odot\) hyperbolas \(\odot\) circles \(\odot\) lines \(\odot\) ellipses \(\odot\) parabolas \(\odot\) none of the above (b) At what point on the plane is it hottest? __________ What is the maximum temperature? ___________. (c) Find the direction of the greatest increase in temperature at the point (-3,-3) ____________. What is the value of this maximum rate of change, that is, the maximum value of the directional derivative at (-3,-3)\(?\) ___________. (d) Find the direction of the greatest decrease in temperature at the point (-3,-3) ___________. What is the value of this most negative rate of change, that is, the minimum value of the directional derivative at (-3,-3)\(?\) __________.
4 step solution
Problem 4
If \(z=(x+y) e^{y}\) and \(x=u^{2}+v^{2}\) and \(y=u^{2}-v^{2},\) find the following partial derivatives using the chain rule. Enter your answers as functions of \(u\) and \(v\). \(\frac{\partial z}{\partial u}=\) __________. \(\frac{\partial z}{\partial v}=\) ___________.
4 step solution
Problem 4
(a) Check the local linearity of \(f(x, y)=e^{-x} \cos (y)\) near \(x=1, y=1.5\) by filling in the following table of values of \(f\) for \(x=0.9,1,1.1\) and \(y=1.4,1.5,1.6 .\) Express values of \(f\) with 4 digits after the decimal point. (b) Next, fill in the table for the values \(x=0.99,1,1.01\) and \(y=\) 1.49,1.5,1.51 , again showing 4 digits after the decimal point. Notice if the two tables look nearly linear, and whether the second looks more linear than the first (in particular, think about how you would decide if they were linear, or if the one were more closely linear than the other). (c) Give the local linearization of \(f(x, y)=e^{-x} \cos (y)\) at (1,1.5) : Using the second of your tables: \(f(x, y) \approx\) ____________. Using the fact that \(f_{x}(x, y)=-e^{-x} \cos (y)\) and \(f_{y}(x, y)=-e^{-x} \sin (y):\) \(f(x, y) \approx\) ___________.
5 step solution
Problem 4
Calculate all four second-order partial derivatives of \(f(x, y)=\sin \left(\frac{5 x}{y}\right)\). \(f_{x x}(x, y)=\) __________. \(f_{x y}(x, y)=\) __________. \(f_{y x}(x, y)=\) __________. \(f_{y y}(x, y)=\) __________.
2 step solution
Problem 4
Suppose that \(f(x, y)\) is a smooth function and that its partial derivatives have the values, \(f_{x}(0,9)=-4\) and \(f_{y}(0,9)=-2 .\) Given that \(f(0,9)=\) 1, use this information to estimate the value of \(f(1,10)\). Note this is analogous to finding the tangent line approximation to a function of one variable. In fancy terms, it is the first Taylor approximation. Estimate of (integer value) \(f(0,10)\) ______________. Estimate of (integer value) \(f(1,9)\) ______________. Estimate of (integer value) \(f(1,10)\) ______________.
3 step solution
Problem 4
Find the limit, if it exists, or type \(\mathrm{N}\) if it does not exist. $$\lim _{(x, y) \rightarrow(0,0)} \frac{3 x^{2}}{3 x^{2}+5 y^{2}}=$$ ___________.
4 step solution
Problem 5
Find the minimum distance from the point (1,1,11) to the paraboloid given by the equation \(z=x^{2}+y^{2}\). Minimum distance = ___________.
8 step solution
Problem 5
Each of the following functions has at most one critical point. Graph a few level curves and a few gradients and, on this basis alone, decide whether the critical point is a local maximum, a local minimum, a saddle point, or that there is no critical point. For \(f(x, y)=e^{-2 x^{2}-4 y^{2}},\) type of critical point: \(\quad(\square\) Local Maximum Local Minimum \(\square\) Saddle Point \(\square\) No Critical Point) For \(f(x, y)=e^{2 x^{2}-4 y^{2}},\) type of critical point: \(\quad\) (\square Local Maximum Local Minimum \(\square\) Saddle Point \(\square\) No Critical Point) For \(f(x, y)=2 x^{2}+4 y^{2}+4,\) type of critical point: \(\quad(\square\) Local Maximum Local Minimum \(\square\) Saddle Point \(\square\) No Critical Point) For \(f(x, y)=2 x^{2}+4 y+4,\) type of critical point: \(\quad(\square\) Local Maximum Local Minimum \(\square\) Saddle Point \(\square\) No Critical Point)
11 step solution
Problem 5
If $$z=\sin \left(x^{2}+y^{2}\right), \quad x=v \cos (u), \quad y=v \sin (u)$$ find \(\partial z / \partial u\) and \(\partial z / \partial v\). The variables are restricted to domains on which the functions are defined. \(\partial z / \partial u=\) _________. \(\partial z / \partial v=\) _________.
4 step solution
Problem 5
Suppose that \(z\) is a linear function of \(x\) and \(y\) with slope -5 in the \(x\) direction and slope 5 in the \(y\) direction. (a) A change of 0.2 in \(x\) and 0.5 in \(y\) produces what change in \(z ?\) change in \(z=\) __________. (b) If \(z=6\) when \(x=3\) and \(y=2\), what is the value of \(z\) when \(x=2.7\) and \(y=1.9 ?\) \(z=\) ___________.
6 step solution
Problem 5
Given \(F(r, s, t)=r\left(9 s^{4}-t^{5}\right),\) compute: $$F_{r s t}=$$ _________.
3 step solution
Problem 5
Find the limit, if it exists, or type \(\mathrm{N}\) if it does not exist. $$\lim _{(x, y) \rightarrow(0,0)} \frac{(x+13 y)^{2}}{x^{2}+13^{2} y^{2}}=$$ _____________.
4 step solution
Problem 6
For each value of \(\lambda\) the function \(h(x, y)=x^{2}+y^{2}-\lambda(2 x+8 y-20)\) has a minimum value \(m(\lambda)\). (a) Find \(m(\lambda)\) \(m(\lambda)=\) ___________. (Use the letter \(\boldsymbol{L}\) for \(\lambda\) in your expression. \()\) (b) For which value of \(\lambda\) is \(m(\lambda)\) the largest, and what is that maximum value? \(\lambda=\) \(\operatorname{maximum} m(\lambda)=\) _________. (c) Find the minimum value of \(f(x, y)=x^{2}+y^{2}\) subject to the constraint \(2 x+8 y=20\) using the method of Lagrange multipliers and evaluate \(\lambda\) \(\operatorname{minimum} f=\) ___________ \(\lambda=\) ___________
5 step solution
Problem 6
If \(f(x, y, z)=2 z y^{2},\) then the gradient at the point (2,2,4) is \(\nabla f(2,2,4)=\) _____________.
3 step solution
Problem 6
Let \(z=g(u, v)\) and \(u(r, s), v(r, s)\). How many terms are there in the expression for \(\partial z / \partial r ?\) __________ terms
3 step solution
Problem 6
Find the differential of the function \(w=x^{3} \sin \left(y^{5} z^{1}\right)\) \(d w=\) ____________ \(d x+\) ___________ \(d y+\) \(d z\).
3 step solution
Problem 6
Calculate all four second-order partial derivatives and check that \(f_{x y}=\) \(f_{y x}\). Assume the variables are restricted to a domain on which the function is defined. $$f(x, y)=e^{2 x y}$$ \(f_{x x}=\) ________. \(f_{y y}=\) ________. \(f_{x y}=\) ________. \(f_{y x}=\) ________.
4 step solution
Problem 6
Find the first partial derivatives of \(f(x, y, z)=z \arctan \left(\frac{y}{x}\right)\) at the point (4,4,-3) A. \(\frac{\partial f}{\partial x}(4,4,-3)=\) ____________. B. \(\frac{\partial f}{\partial y}(4,4,-3)=\) ____________. C. \(\frac{\partial f}{\partial z}(4,4,-3)=\) ____________.
6 step solution
Problem 6
Find the limit, if it exists, or type 'DNE' if it does not exist. $$\lim _{(x, y) \rightarrow(1,3)} e^{\sqrt{4 x^{2}+3 y^{2}}}=$$ ____________.
4 step solution
Problem 7
The plane \(x+y+2 z=6\) intersects the paraboloid \(z=x^{2}+y^{2}\) in an ellipse. Find the points on this ellipse that are nearest to and farthest from the origin. Point farthest away occurs at ( ____________, ______________) Point nearest occurs at ( ____________, ______________)
5 step solution
Problem 7
Find the maximum and minimum values of \(f(x, y)=x y\) on the ellipse \(5 x^{2}+y^{2}=3\) maximum value \(=\) __________. minimum value \(=\) __________.
5 step solution
Problem 7
The concentration of salt in a fluid at \((x, y, z)\) is given by \(F(x, y, z)=\) \(2 x^{2}+3 y^{4}+2 x^{2} z^{2} \mathrm{mg} / \mathrm{cm}^{3}\). You are at the point (-1,1,-1) . (a) In which direction should you move if you want the concentration to increase the fastest? direction: _________. (Give your answer as a vector.) (b) You start to move in the direction you found in part (a) at a speed of \(5 \mathrm{~cm} / \mathrm{sec} .\) How fast is the concentration changing? rate of change \(=\) ______________.
4 step solution
Problem 7
Let \(W(s, t)=F(u(s, t), v(s, t))\) where $$\begin{array}{r}u(1,0)=-4, u_{s}(1,0)=-7, u_{t}(1,0)=-4 \\ v(1,0)=8, v_{s}(1,0)=-8, v_{t}(1,0)=3 \\ F_{u}(-4,8)=1, F_{v(-4,8)=5\end{array}$$ \(W_{s}(1,0)= _______ W_{t}(1,0)=\) ____________.
4 step solution
Problem 7
The dimensions of a closed rectangular box are measured as 60 centimeters, 60 centimeters, and 80 centimeters, respectively, with the error in each measurement at most .2 centimeters. Use differentials to estimate the maximum error in calculating the surface area of the box. __________ square centimeters.
3 step solution