Math 215 Practice Problems for Exam I Solutions are posted on the web page. 1. Let v = 2i + 2k and w = 2i + j + k .

(a) Find |v |. (b) Find the unit vector with the same direction as v . (c) Find v w. (d) State a formula for the angle between two vectors. (e) Find the angle between v and w. (f) Find v + w. (g) Find the component of w in the direction of v . (h) Find the vector projection of w onto v . (i) Write w as the sum of two vectors, one of them parallel to v , the other perpendicular to v . (j) Find v w. 2. Let A, B, C be three vectors in space. What is the geometrical meaning of |A B | and |A (B C )| ? 3. True or False? (a) A B = 0 if and only if A and B are perpendicular. (b) A (B C ) = A (B C ) for all vectors A, B, C in space. (c) If A B = A C and A = 0 then B = C . 4. (a) Check that the two lines with parametric equation r1 (t) =< 0, 2, 3 > +t < 1, 0, 1 > and r2 (s) =< 2, 3, 6 > +s < 3, 1, 2 > intersect at the point P = (1, 2, 4). (b) What is the acute angle between the two lines? You can leave your answer in terms of arccos. 5. Find a nonzero vector perpendicular to the vectors A = i j + k , and B = 2j 3k , and nd the area of the parallelogram spanned by A and B . 6. Find the equation of the plane passing through the point (0, 1, 2) and containing the line r(t) =< 0, 2, 3 > +t < 1, 0, 1 >. 7. Consider the parametric line r(t) =< 2, 3, 6 > +t < 3, 1, 2 > and the plane of equation 2x y + 3z = 5. (a) Show that the line intersects the plane at precisely one point, P , and nd its coordinates. (b) Find an angle that the line makes with a vector normal to the plane. 8. The velocity of a particle moving in space is given by dr = sin t i + cos t j + 3k . dt (a) Find the position of the particle at time t = if the position vector at time t = 0 is i + 3k . (b) Find the distance traveled by the particle along the curve r(t) from t = 0 to t = . 9. (a) Let f (x, y, z ) = sin(x y + z ). Find all rst and second order partial derivatives of f . (b) Evaluate 100 (yex x + cos(x)) . x95 y 2 x3
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10. Which of the following parametrized curves lie on the graph of the function f (x, y ) = x2 y 2 + 4? Remember to show your calculations. 1 1 r1 (t) = (t + )i + (t )j + 8k , r2 (t) = sin ti + cos tj + 4k . t t 11. Find the equation of the tangent plane to the surface z + x2 4y 2 1 = 0 at the point (2, 1, 1). 12. Let f (x, y ) be a dierentiable function such that f (1, 1) = 3, fx (1, 1) = 2, and fy (1, 1) = 1. (a) Write down the dierential of f (x, y ) at the point (1, 1). (b) From the available information, what is the best estimate you can give of f (1.1, 0.9)? 13. In one or two COMPLETE SENTENCES in English, explain what a level surface of a function f (x, y, z ) is. 14. The surface with equation z + cos(xy ) = x2 + y 2 can be described both as a level surface of a function f and as the graph of a function g . Give explicit formulas for f AND g . 15. Let z = x sin(xy ), and suppose that x = et , y = 2t. Use the chain rule to compute dz/dt. 16. The radius of a right circular cone is increasing at a rate of 1.8 in/s while its height is decreasing at a rate of 2.5 in/s. At what rate is the volume of the cone changing when the radius is 120 in. and the height is 140 in.? 17. Find the tangent plane to the ellipsoid x2 + 4y 2 = 169 9z 2 at the point P = (3, 2, 4). 18. Find the points on the surface (ellipsoid) x2 + 2y 2 + 4z 2 + xy + 3yz = 1 where the tangent plane is parallel to the xz plane. 19. Use dierentials to approximate the number (1.98)3 Consider the function f (x, y, z ) = x3 y 2 + z 2 . (3.01)2 + (3.97)2 . Hint:
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20. See the course pack for problems related to lab projects. There will be questions on the exam on the material of lab project 1.