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Practice Midterm
Directions: Show all work as shown in class and write the answers in the spaces provided.
1) Given Q (1,3) and R ( 3, 4 ) . Find the vector of length 3 with the opposite direction as QR .
4,5 and v =
1 1
,
2 2
1 1
. Write the vector 10, 8 in terms of I and J.
,
2 2
8) Find the area of the parallelogram that has adjacent sides u = i - 3j + 2k and v = 3j - k .
9) Find a parametric equation of the line segment joining the pair of points ( 7, 5,9 ) and ( 9,8, 4 ) .
10) Differentiate:
2te t , 6t ln t , t sin t
40t , 15,
8
, for 0 < t < 2, t =
1
t
12) Find the speed and the acceleration of the object r ( t ) = 4t + 9, 4t 5, 6 + 4t for t 0
13) Determine whether the trajectory r ( t ) =
sin t + 2 2 cos t , 2 2 sin t cos t for 0 t 2 lies on the
circle. If so, find the radius of the circle and show that the position vector and velocity vector are
everywhere orthogonal.
for 0 t 2 .
17) Find the radius of curvature, where is the curvature at the point, of the following curve
t 7 sin t ,1 7 cos t at the point t = .
r (t ) =
18) Find an equation of the plane parallel to the plane x + 4 y 3 z =
2 and the passing through the point
( 1, 2,3) .
19) Approximate the angle between the planes 10 x + 7 y =
4.
13 and 9 x + 5 y + 3 z =
20) A clothing company makes a profit of $20 on its long-sleeved T-shirts and $5 on its short-sleeved Tshirts. Assuming there is a $200 setup cost, graph the plan that gives the profit and describe the values
for x and y for which the company breaks even.
21) Evaluate:
lim
( ) ( )
x y +8 x 8 y
x , y 0,0
x y
lim ( x + y ) =a + b .
( ) ( )
(Hint: Take =
x , y a ,b
f ( x, y ) = 2sin xy
dy
.
dx
y2
29) A box is made where the material for the sides and the lid cost $0.20 per square foot and the cost for the
bottom is $0.45 per square foot. Find the dimensions of a box with volume 15 cubic feet that has a
minimum cost.
30) Find the point on the plane x y + z =
1 that is nearest to the point ( 3, 2,3) .
1)
6
21
,
53 53
2) 7u 3v
4) A sphere centered at ( 8, 5,3) with radius 4.
5) x = 2.5 and y = 4.5
6) projv u
66 44
,
13 13
scal vu =
22
13
7)
2I 9 2J
8)
19
9)
10)
2e t (1 t ) , 6 (1 + ln t ) , t cos t + sin t
11)
5
1
, 0,
26
26
a ( t ) = 0, 0, 0
12) speed = 4 3
v (t ) =
cos t 2 2 sin t , 2 2 cos t + sin t
13) r = 3
14) 29.07 units
15) 8
16) T =
17) 64/7
cos t ,sin t
1
18cos t sin t
rv =
0
18) x + 4 y 3 z =
18
19) 0.301
20) 4x + y = 40
21) 8
24)
dy
y
=
dx
x
25) 12,12
26) z =
16 x 8 y + 31
27) L ( x, y ) =
24 x 6 y + 39
2 2
2
2
28) local maxima:
,
,
,
2
2 2 2
saddle point at (0,0)
( 2,3, 2 )
2 2 2
2
local minima:
,
,
,
2
2 2 2