LEBANESE AMERICAN UNIVERSITY

DEPARTMENT OF COMPUTER SCIENCE AND MATHEMATICS

MTH 201 - CALCULUS III
Final exam, Spring 2015
Duration: 120 minutes

INSTRUCTIONS: This exam consists of 11 pages and 13 problems. Check that none is missing.
Answer the questions in the space provided for each problem; if more space is needed, you may use
the back pages. To receive full credits, you have to justify your answers.

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1. [5 Points] Find the following improper integral.
Z 1 sin−1 (x)
e
√ dx =
0 1 − x2

2. [9 Points] Determine if each of the following improper integrals converges of diverges.

Z ∞
1
(a) x
√ dx
1 e + x
 Z ∞
ln x
(b) dx
1 x2 + 1

3. [8 Points] Does each of the following series converge or diverge? Justify your answer.
∞
X cos(1 + n3 )
(a)
n=2
1 + n2 ln n
 ∞  3n
X e + 2−n
(b)
n=0
2 + e−n

4. [8 Points] Find the radius and interval of convergence of the power series.
∞
X 2n n
(−1)n √ x .
n=0
3
n
 ∞
x
X 1 n
5. [10 Points] It is known that e = x for every real number x.
n=0
n!

x2 x3
(a) Estimate the error when ex is approximated by 1 + x + 2!
+ 3!
for |x| ≤ 0.5 using the
remainder estimation theorem.

Z 1
2
(b) Express the definite integral ex dx as an infinite series.
0
6. [10 Points]
2
1 − ex
(a) Use power series and find lim
x→0 sin(2x2 )

(b) Use the product of power series to find the first three terms of the Maclaurin series of
the function ex sin x.
 x+y
7. [5 Points] Let the function f (x, y) = x2

(a) Describe the level curves of f (x, y).

(b) Find an equation of the level curve that passes through the point (1,1).

8. [5 Points]
Find the following limits. Justify your answer.

x2 y
lim =
(x,y)→(0,0) x4 + y 2
 x3 − xy 2
 
−1
lim cos =
(x,y)→(0,0) x2 + y 2

9. [5 Points] Transform the polar curves to Cartesian and then describe them.

(a) r2 sin(2θ) = 36

(b) r = 2 cos θ
10. [10 Points] Let the polar curve r = 1 + cos θ on the interval [0, 2π]. Study the symmetries
of the curve (horizontal, vertical, origin), and then plot its graph in polar coordinates.

11. [5 Points]
∂2f 2
Determine if the function f (x, y) = cos(x) sin(y) satisfies the Laplace equation ∂x2
+ ∂∂yf2 = 0.
 √
Z 1 Z 1−x2
1
12. [10 Points] Let the double integral dy dx.
0 0 1 + x2 + y 2
Change the Cartesian integral into an equivalent polar integral, and calculate the polar inte-
gral.
13. [10 Points] Find the following integral. Hint: Reverse the order of integration.
Z 2Z 2
2
ex dx dy
0 y