Calculus/Multivariable and differential calculus:Exercises

Parametric Equations

1. Find parametric equations describing the line segment from P(0,0) to Q(7,17).

2. Find parametric equations describing the line segment from

P(x_{1},y_{1})

to

Q(x_{2},y_{2})

.

3. Find parametric equations describing the ellipse centered at the origin with major axis of length 6 along the x-axis and the minor axis of length 3 along the y-axis, generated clockwise.

Polar Coordinates

20. Convert the equation into Cartesian coordinates:

r=\sin(\theta )\sec ^{2}(\theta ).

21. Find an equation of the line y=mx+b in polar coordinates.

Sketch the following polar curves without using a computer.

22.

r=2-2\sin(\theta )

23.

r^{2}=4\cos(\theta )

24.

r=2\sin(5\theta )

Sketch the following sets of points.

25.

\{(r,\theta ):\theta =2\pi /3\}

26.

\{(r,\theta ):|\theta |\leq \pi /3{\mbox{ and }}|r|<3\}

Calculus in Polar Coordinates

Find points where the following curves have vertical or horizontal tangents.

40.

r=4\cos(\theta )

41.

r=2+2\sin(\theta )

Sketch the region and find its area.

42. The region inside the limaçon

2+\cos(\theta )

43. The region inside the petals of the rose

4\cos(2\theta )

and outside the circle

r=2

Vectors and Dot Product

60. Find an equation of the sphere with center (1,2,0) passing through the point (3,4,5)

61. Sketch the plane passing through the points (2,0,0), (0,3,0), and (0,0,4)

62. Find the value of

|\mathbf {u} +3\mathbf {v} |

if

\mathbf {u} =\langle 1,3,0\rangle

and

\mathbf {v} =\langle 3,0,2\rangle

63. Find all unit vectors parallel to

\langle 1,2,3\rangle

64. Prove one of the distributive properties for vectors in

\mathbb {R} ^{3}

:

c(\mathbf {u} +\mathbf {v} )=c\mathbf {u} +c\mathbf {v}

65. Find all unit vectors orthogonal to

3\mathbf {i} +4\mathbf {j}

in

\mathbb {R} ^{2}

66. Find all unit vectors orthogonal to

3\mathbf {i} +4\mathbf {j}

in

\mathbb {R} ^{3}

67. Find all unit vectors that make an angle of

\pi /3

with the vector

\langle 1,2\rangle

Cross Product

Find $\mathbf {u} \times \mathbf {v}$ and $\mathbf {v} \times \mathbf {u}$

80.

\mathbf {u} =\langle -4,1,1\rangle

and

\mathbf {v} =\langle 0,1,-1\rangle

81.

\mathbf {u} =\langle 1,2,-1\rangle

and

\mathbf {v} =\langle 3,-4,6\rangle

Find the area of the parallelogram with sides $\mathbf {u}$ and $\mathbf {v}$ .

82.

\mathbf {u} =\langle -3,0,2\rangle

and

\mathbf {v} =\langle 1,1,1\rangle

83.

\mathbf {u} =\langle 8,2,-3\rangle

and

\mathbf {v} =\langle 2,4,-4\rangle

84. Find all vectors that satisfy the equation

\langle 1,1,1\rangle \times \mathbf {u} =\langle 0,1,1\rangle

85. Find the volume of the parallelepiped with edges given by position vectors

\langle 5,0,0\rangle

,

\langle 1,4,0\rangle

, and

\langle 2,2,7\rangle

86. A wrench has a pivot at the origin and extends along the x-axis. Find the magnitude and the direction of the torque at the pivot when the force

\mathbf {F} =\langle 1,2,3\rangle

is applied to the wrench n units away from the origin.

Prove the following identities or show them false by giving a counterexample.

87.

\mathbf {u} \times (\mathbf {u} \times \mathbf {v} )=\mathbf {0}

88.

\mathbf {u} \cdot (\mathbf {v} \times \mathbf {w} )=\mathbf {w} \cdot (\mathbf {u} \times \mathbf {v} )

89.

(\mathbf {u} -\mathbf {v} )\times (\mathbf {u} +\mathbf {v} )=2(\mathbf {u} \times \mathbf {v} )

Calculus of Vector-Valued Functions

100. Differentiate

\mathbf {r} (t)=\langle te^{-t},t\ln t,t\cos(t)\rangle

.

101. Find a tangent vector for the curve

\mathbf {r} (t)=\langle 2t^{4},6t^{3/2},10/t\rangle

at the point

t=1

.

102. Find the unit tangent vector for the curve

\mathbf {r} (t)=\langle t,2,2/t\rangle ,\ t\neq 0

.

103. Find the unit tangent vector for the curve

\mathbf {r} (t)=\langle \sin(t),\cos(t),e^{-t}\rangle ,\ t\in [0,\pi ]

at the point

t=0

.

104. Find

\mathbf {r}

if

\mathbf {r} '(t)=\langle {\sqrt {t}},\cos(\pi t),4/t\rangle

and

\mathbf {r} (1)=\langle 2,3,4\rangle

.

105. Evaluate

\displaystyle \int _{0}^{\ln 2}(e^{-t}\mathbf {i} +2e^{2t}\mathbf {j} -4e^{t}\mathbf {k} )dt

Motion in Space

120. Find velocity, speed, and acceleration of an object if the position is given by

\mathbf {r} (t)=\langle 3\sin(t),5\cos(t),4\sin(t)\rangle

.

121. Find the velocity and the position vectors for

t\geq 0

if the acceleration is given by

\mathbf {a} (t)=\langle e^{-t},1\rangle ,\ \mathbf {v} (0)=\langle 1,0\rangle ,\ \mathbf {r} (0)=\langle 0,0\rangle

.

Length of Curves

Find the length of the following curves.

140.

\mathbf {r} (t)=\langle 4\cos(3t),4\sin(3t)\rangle ,\ t\in [0,2\pi /3].

141.

\mathbf {r} (t)=\langle 2+3t,1-4t,3t-4\rangle ,\ t\in [1,6].

Parametrization and Normal Vectors

142. Find a description of the curve that uses arc length as a parameter:

\mathbf {r} (t)=\langle t^{2},2t^{2},4t^{2}\rangle \ t\in [1,4].

143. Find the unit tangent vector T and the principal unit normal vector N for the curve

\mathbf {r} (t)=\langle t^{2},t\rangle .

Check that T⋅N=0.

Equations of Lines And Planes

160. Find an equation of a plane passing through points

(1,1,2),\ (1,2,2),\ (-1,0,1).

161. Find an equation of a plane parallel to the plane 2x−y+z=1 passing through the point (0,2,-2)

162. Find an equation of the line perpendicular to the plane x+y+2z=4 passing through the point (5,5,5).

163. Find an equation of the line where planes x+2y−z=1 and x+y+z=1 intersect.

164. Find the angle between the planes x+2y−z=1 and x+y+z=1.

165. Find the distance from the point (3,4,5) to the plane x+y+z=1.

Limits And Continuity

Evaluate the following limits.

180.

\displaystyle \lim _{(x,y)\rightarrow (1,-2)}{\frac {y^{2}+2xy}{y+2x}}

181.

\displaystyle \lim _{(x,y)\rightarrow (4,5)}{\frac {{\sqrt {x+y}}-3}{x+y-9}}

At what points is the function f continuous?

182.

f(x,y)=\ln |x-y|

183.

f(x,y)=\displaystyle {\frac {\ln(x^{2}+y^{2})}{x-y+1}}

Use the two-path test to show that the following limits do not exist. (A path does not have to be a straight line.)

184.

\displaystyle \lim _{(x,y)\rightarrow (0,0)}{\frac {4xy}{3x^{2}+y^{2}}}

185.

\displaystyle \lim _{(x,y)\rightarrow (0,0)}{\frac {y}{\sqrt {x^{2}-y^{2}}}}

186.

\displaystyle \lim _{(x,y)\rightarrow (0,0)}{\frac {x^{3}-y^{2}}{x^{3}+y^{2}}}

187.

\displaystyle \lim _{(x,y)\rightarrow (0,0)}{\frac {x^{2}y^{2}+y^{6}}{x^{3}}}

Partial Derivatives

200. Find

\partial z/\partial x

if

\displaystyle z(x,y)={\frac {1}{\ln(xy)}}

201. Find all three partial derivatives of the function

\displaystyle f(x,y,z)=xe^{y^{2}+z}

Find the four second partial derivatives of the following functions.

202.

f(x,y)=\cos(xy)

203.

f(x,y)=xe^{y}

Chain Rule

Find $df/dt.$

220.

f(x,y)=x^{2}y-xy^{3},\ x(t)=t^{2},\ y(t)=t^{-2}

221.

f(x,y)={\sqrt {x^{2}+y^{2}}},\ x(t)=\cos(2t),\ y(t)=\sin(2t)

222.

\displaystyle f(x,y,z)={\frac {x-y}{y+z}},\ x(t)=t,\ \displaystyle y(t)=2t,\ z(t)=3t

Find $f_{s},\ f_{t}.$

223.

f(x,y)=\sin(x)\cos(2y),\ x=s+t,\ y=s-t

224.

\displaystyle f(x,y,z)={\frac {x-z}{y+z}},\ x(t)=s+t,\ y(t)=st,\ z(t)=s-t

225. The volume of a pyramid with a square base is

V={\frac {1}{3}}x^{2}h

, where x is the side of the square base and h is the height of the pyramid. Suppose that

\displaystyle x(t)={\frac {t}{t+1}}

and

\displaystyle h(t)={\frac {1}{t+1}}

for

t\geq 0.

Find

V'(t).

Tangent Planes

Find an equation of a plane tangent to the given surface at the given point(s).

240.

xy\sin(z)=1,\ (1,2,\pi /6),\ (-1,-2,5\pi /6).

241.

z=x^{2}e^{x-y},\ (2,2,4),\ (-1,-1,1).

242.

z=\tan ^{-1}(x+y),\ (0,0,0).

243.

\sin(xyz)=1/2,\ (\pi ,1,1/6).

Maximum And Minimum Problems

Find critical points of the function f. When possible, determine whether each critical point corresponds to a local maximum, a local minimum, or a saddle point.

How to find local minimums, local maximums, and saddle points for a function with an unconstrained domain.

Start with a candidate point $(x,y)=(x_{0},y_{0})$ , and envision that the $x$ and $y$ coordinates are changing at rates of $m$ and $n$ respectively: ${\frac {dx}{dt}}=m$ and ${\frac {dy}{dt}}=n$ . The rate of change in $f$ is ${\frac {df}{dt}}={\frac {\partial f}{\partial x}}{\frac {dx}{dt}}+{\frac {\partial f}{\partial y}}{\frac {dy}{dt}}$ $={\frac {\partial f}{\partial x}}m+{\frac {\partial f}{\partial y}}n$ .

$(x,y)=(x_{0},y_{0})$ is a local minimum only if ${\frac {df}{dt}}\geq 0$ for all $(m,n)$ . This occurs iff ${\frac {\partial f}{\partial x}}={\frac {\partial f}{\partial y}}=0$ .
$(x,y)=(x_{0},y_{0})$ is a local maximum only if ${\frac {df}{dt}}\leq 0$ for all $(m,n)$ . This occurs iff ${\frac {\partial f}{\partial x}}={\frac {\partial f}{\partial y}}=0$ .

Points where ${\frac {\partial f}{\partial x}}={\frac {\partial f}{\partial y}}=0$ are "critical points" and may contain a local minimum, a local maximum, or a saddle point. It is then needed to classify the critical point.

The second derivative is ${\frac {d^{2}f}{dt^{2}}}={\frac {d}{dt}}\left({\frac {\partial f}{\partial x}}\right)m+{\frac {d}{dt}}\left({\frac {\partial f}{\partial y}}\right)n$ $=\left({\frac {\partial ^{2}f}{\partial x^{2}}}m+{\frac {\partial ^{2}f}{\partial y\partial x}}n\right)m+\left({\frac {\partial ^{2}f}{\partial x\partial y}}m+{\frac {\partial ^{2}f}{\partial ^{2}y}}n\right)n$ $={\frac {\partial ^{2}f}{\partial x^{2}}}m^{2}+2{\frac {\partial ^{2}f}{\partial y\partial x}}mn+{\frac {\partial ^{2}f}{\partial y^{2}}}n^{2}$ .

A critical point is a local minimum iff ${\frac {d^{2}f}{dt^{2}}}\geq 0$ for all $(m,n)$ .
A critical point is a local maximum iff ${\frac {d^{2}f}{dt^{2}}}\leq 0$ for all $(m,n)$ .
A critical point that is neither a local minimum nor a local maximum is a saddle point.

While it will not be shown here, ${\frac {d^{2}f}{dt^{2}}}$ can attain both positive and negative values iff ${\frac {\partial ^{2}f}{\partial x^{2}}}{\frac {\partial ^{2}f}{\partial y^{2}}}-\left({\frac {\partial ^{2}f}{\partial y\partial x}}\right)^{2}<0$ .

A critical point is a local minimum if ${\frac {\partial ^{2}f}{\partial x^{2}}}{\frac {\partial ^{2}f}{\partial y^{2}}}-\left({\frac {\partial ^{2}f}{\partial y\partial x}}\right)^{2}\geq 0$ and ${\frac {\partial ^{2}f}{\partial x^{2}}},{\frac {\partial ^{2}f}{\partial y^{2}}}\geq 0$
A critical point is a local maximum if ${\frac {\partial ^{2}f}{\partial x^{2}}}{\frac {\partial ^{2}f}{\partial y^{2}}}-\left({\frac {\partial ^{2}f}{\partial y\partial x}}\right)^{2}\geq 0$ and ${\frac {\partial ^{2}f}{\partial x^{2}}},{\frac {\partial ^{2}f}{\partial y^{2}}}\leq 0$
A critical point is a saddle point if ${\frac {\partial ^{2}f}{\partial x^{2}}}{\frac {\partial ^{2}f}{\partial y^{2}}}-\left({\frac {\partial ^{2}f}{\partial y\partial x}}\right)^{2}<0$

The quantity ${\frac {\partial ^{2}f}{\partial x^{2}}}{\frac {\partial ^{2}f}{\partial y^{2}}}-\left({\frac {\partial ^{2}f}{\partial y\partial x}}\right)^{2}$ will be called the "discriminant".

260.

f(x,y)=x^{4}+2y^{2}-4xy

261.

f(x,y)=\tan ^{-1}(xy)

262.

f(x,y)=2xye^{-x^{2}-y^{2}}

Find absolute maximum and minimum values of the function f on the set R.

How to find candidate points for the absolute minimum and maximum of a function with a constrained domain.

Let $f:\mathbb {R} ^{2}\to \mathbb {R}$ denote the function for which the absolute minimum and maximum is sought. Let the domain be constrained to all points $(x,y)$ where $g(x,y)=0$ where $g(x,y)$ is an appropriate function over $\mathbb {R} ^{2}$ .

Start with a candidate point $(x,y)=(x_{0},y_{0})$ where $g(x_{0},y_{0})=0$ , and envision that the $x$ and $y$ coordinates are changing at rates of $m$ and $n$ respectively: ${\frac {dx}{dt}}=m$ and ${\frac {dy}{dt}}=n$ . The rate of change in $f$ is ${\frac {df}{dt}}={\frac {\partial f}{\partial x}}{\frac {dx}{dt}}+{\frac {\partial f}{\partial y}}{\frac {dy}{dt}}$ $={\frac {\partial f}{\partial x}}m+{\frac {\partial f}{\partial y}}n$ . Since it is required that $g(x,y)=0$ , it must be the case that ${\frac {dg}{dt}}=0\iff {\frac {\partial g}{\partial x}}{\frac {dx}{dt}}+{\frac {\partial g}{\partial y}}{\frac {dy}{dt}}=0$ $\iff {\frac {\partial g}{\partial x}}m+{\frac {\partial g}{\partial y}}n=0$ .

$(x,y)=(x_{0},y_{0})$ is a local minimum or maximum only if ${\frac {df}{dt}}={\frac {\partial f}{\partial x}}m+{\frac {\partial f}{\partial y}}n=0$ for all $(m,n)$ where ${\frac {\partial g}{\partial x}}m+{\frac {\partial g}{\partial y}}n=0$ . This occurs iff the gradient $\left\langle {\frac {\partial f}{\partial x}},{\frac {\partial f}{\partial y}}\right\rangle$ is parallel to the gradient $\left\langle {\frac {\partial g}{\partial x}},{\frac {\partial g}{\partial y}}\right\rangle$ . This condition can be quantified by $\left\langle {\frac {\partial f}{\partial x}},{\frac {\partial f}{\partial y}}\right\rangle =\lambda \left\langle {\frac {\partial g}{\partial x}},{\frac {\partial g}{\partial y}}\right\rangle$ where factor $\lambda$ is a "Lagrange multiplier".

Points $(x,y)$ where $g(x,y)=0$ and $\left\langle {\frac {\partial f}{\partial x}},{\frac {\partial f}{\partial y}}\right\rangle =\lambda \left\langle {\frac {\partial g}{\partial x}},{\frac {\partial g}{\partial y}}\right\rangle$ for some $\lambda$ are candidate points for the absolute minimum or maximum. If the domain has any corners, then these corners are also candidate points.

263.

f(x,y)=x^{2}+y^{2}-2y+1,\ R=\{(x,y)\mid x^{2}+y^{2}\leq 4\}

264.

f(x,y)=x^{2}+y^{2}-2x-2y,

R is a closed triangle with vertices (0,0), (2,0), and (0,2).

Finding the locations and shortest distances between two surfaces.

Consider two surfaces $\sigma _{1}$ and $\sigma _{2}$ in 3D space defined by the equations $f_{1}(x,y,z)=0$ and $f_{2}(x,y,z)=0$ respectively. Given a point $(x_{1},y_{1},z_{1})$ from $\sigma _{1}$ and a point $(x_{2},y_{2},z_{2})$ from $\sigma _{2}$ , if $(x_{1},y_{1},z_{1})$ and $(x_{2},y_{2},z_{2})$ are the points that minimize the distance between $\sigma _{1}$ and $\sigma _{2}$ , then it must be the case that the displacement $\langle x_{2}-x_{1},y_{2}-y_{1},z_{2}-z_{1}\rangle$ is perpendicular to both surfaces. The gradient vector $\left\langle {\frac {\partial f_{1}}{\partial x}},{\frac {\partial f_{1}}{\partial y}},{\frac {\partial f_{1}}{\partial z}}\right\rangle$ is orthogonal to $\sigma _{1}$ , and the gradient vector $\left\langle {\frac {\partial f_{2}}{\partial x}},{\frac {\partial f_{2}}{\partial y}},{\frac {\partial f_{2}}{\partial z}}\right\rangle$ is orthogonal to $\sigma _{2}$ . The displacement vector must be parallel to both gradient vectors: $\langle x_{2}-x_{1},y_{2}-y_{1},z_{2}-z_{1}\rangle =\lambda _{1}\left\langle {\frac {\partial f_{1}}{\partial x}},{\frac {\partial f_{1}}{\partial y}},{\frac {\partial f_{1}}{\partial z}}\right\rangle =\lambda _{2}\left\langle {\frac {\partial f_{2}}{\partial x}},{\frac {\partial f_{2}}{\partial y}},{\frac {\partial f_{2}}{\partial z}}\right\rangle$ for some $\lambda _{1}$ and $\lambda _{2}$ .

Candidate points for the shortest distance between two surfaces must satisfy the following 8 equations: $\left\{{\begin{array}{c}f_{1}(x_{1},y_{1},z_{1})=0\\f_{2}(x_{2},y_{2},z_{2})=0\\x_{2}-x_{1}=\lambda _{1}{\frac {\partial f_{1}}{\partial x}}\;{\text{and}}\;y_{2}-y_{1}=\lambda _{1}{\frac {\partial f_{1}}{\partial y}}\;{\text{and}}\;z_{2}-z_{1}=\lambda _{1}{\frac {\partial f_{1}}{\partial z}}\\x_{2}-x_{1}=\lambda _{2}{\frac {\partial f_{2}}{\partial x}}\;{\text{and}}\;y_{2}-y_{1}=\lambda _{2}{\frac {\partial f_{2}}{\partial y}}\;{\text{and}}\;z_{2}-z_{1}=\lambda _{2}{\frac {\partial f_{2}}{\partial z}}\end{array}}\right.$ for some $\lambda _{1}$ and $\lambda _{2}$ .

265. Find the point on the plane x−y+z=2 closest to the point (1,1,1).

266. Find the point on the surface

z=x^{2}+y^{2}+10

closest to the plane

x+2y-z=0.

Double Integrals over Rectangular Regions

Evaluate the given integral over the region R.

280.

\displaystyle \iint _{R}(x^{2}+xy)dA,\ R=\{(x,y)\mid x\in [1,2],\ y\in [-1,1]\}

281.

\displaystyle \iint _{R}(xy\sin(x^{2}))dA,\ R=\{(x,y)\mid x\in [0,{\sqrt {\pi /2}}],\ y\in [0,1]\}

282.

\displaystyle \iint _{R}{\frac {x}{(1+xy)^{2}}}dA,\ R=\{(x,y)\mid x\in [0,4],\ y\in [1,2]\}

Evaluate the given iterated integrals.

283.

\displaystyle \int _{0}^{2}\int _{0}^{1}x^{5}y^{2}e^{x^{3}y^{3}}dydx

284.

\displaystyle \int _{1}^{4}\int _{0}^{2}e^{y{\sqrt {x}}}dydx

Double Integrals over General Regions

Evaluate the following integrals.

300.

\displaystyle \iint _{R}xydA,

R is bounded by x=0, y=2x+1, and y=5−2x.

301.

\displaystyle \iint _{R}(x+y)dA,

R is in the first quadrant and bounded by x=0,

y=x^{2},

and

y=8-x^{2}.

Use double integrals to compute the volume of the given region.

302. The solid in the first octant bound by the coordinate planes and the surface

z=8-x^{2}-2y^{2}.

303. The solid beneath the cylinder

z=y^{2}

and above the region

R=\{(x,y)\mid y\in [0,1],\ x\in [y,1]\}.

304. The solid bounded by the paraboloids

z=x^{2}+y^{2}

and

z=50-x^{2}-y^{2}.

Double Integrals in Polar Coordinates

320. Evaluate

\displaystyle \iint _{R}2xydA

for

R=\{(r,\theta )\mid r\in [1,3],\ \theta \in [0,\pi /2]\}

321. Find the average value of the function

f(r,\theta )=1/r^{2}

over the region

\{(r,\theta )\mid r\in [2,4]\}.

322. Evaluate

\displaystyle \int _{0}^{3}\int _{0}^{\sqrt {9-x^{2}}}{\sqrt {x^{2}+y^{2}}}dydx.

323. Evaluate

\displaystyle \iint _{R}{\frac {x-y}{x^{2}+y^{2}+1}}dA

if R is the unit disk centered at the origin.

Triple Integrals

340. Evaluate

\displaystyle \int _{1}^{\ln 8}\int _{0}^{\ln 4}\int _{0}^{\ln 2}e^{-x-y-2z}dxdydz.

In the following exercises, sketching the region of integration may be helpful.

341. Find the volume of the solid in the first octant bounded by the plane 2x+3y+6z=12 and the coordinate planes.

342. Find the volume of the solid in the first octant bounded by the cylinder

z=\sin(y)

for

y\in [0,\pi ]

, and the planes y=x and x=0.

343. Evaluate

\displaystyle \int _{0}^{1}\int _{y}^{2-y}\int _{0}^{2-x-y}xydzdxdy.

344. Rewrite the integral

\displaystyle \int _{0}^{1}\int _{-2}^{2}\int _{0}^{\sqrt {4-y^{2}}}dzdydx

in the order dydzdx.

Cylindrical And Spherical Coordinates

360. Evaluate the integral in cylindrical coordinates:

\displaystyle \int _{0}^{3}\int _{0}^{\sqrt {9-x^{2}}}\int _{0}^{\sqrt {x^{2}+y^{2}}}{\frac {1}{\sqrt {x^{2}+y^{2}}}}dzdydx

361. Find the mass of the solid cylinder

D=\{(r,\theta ,z)\mid r\in [0,3],\ z\in [0,2]\}

given the density function

\delta (r,\theta ,z)=5e^{-r^{2}}

362. Use a triple integral to find the volume of the region bounded by the plane z=0 and the hyperboloid

z={\sqrt {17}}-{\sqrt {1+x^{2}+y^{2}}}

363. If D is a unit ball, use a triple integral in spherical coordinates to evaluate

\iiint _{D}(x^{2}+y^{2}+z^{2})^{5/2}dV

364. Find the mass of a solid cone

\{(\rho ,\phi ,\theta )\mid \phi \leq \pi /3,\ z\in [0,4]\}

if the density function is

\delta (\rho ,\phi ,\theta )=5-z

365. Find the volume of the region common to two cylinders:

x^{2}+z^{2}=1,\ y^{2}+z^{2}=1

Center of Mass and Centroid

380. Find the center of mass for three particles located in space at (1,2,3), (0,0,1), and (1,1,0), with masses 2, 1, and 1 respectively.

381. Find the center of mass for a piece of wire with the density

\rho (x)=1+\sin(x)

for

x\in [0,\pi ].

382. Find the center of mass for a piece of wire with the density

\rho (x)=2-x^{2}/16

for

x\in [0,4].

383. Find the centroid of the region in the first quadrant bounded by the coordinate axes and

x^{2}+y^{2}=16.

384. Find the centroid of the region in the first quadrant bounded by

y=\ln(x)

,

y=0

, and

x=e

.

385. Find the center of mass for the region

\{(x,y)\mid x\in [0,4],y\in [0,2]\}

, with the density

\rho (x,y)=1+x/2.

386. Find the center of mass for the triangular plate with vertices (0,0), (0,4), and (4,0), with density

\rho (x,y)=1+x+y.

Vector Fields

One can sketch two-dimensional vector fields by plotting vector values, flow curves, and/or equipotential curves.

401. Find and sketch the gradient field

\mathbf {F} =\nabla \phi

for the potential function

\phi (x,y)={\sqrt {x^{2}+y^{2}}}

.

402. Find and sketch the gradient field

\mathbf {F} =\nabla \phi

for the potential function

\phi (x,y)=\sin(x)\sin(y)

for

|x|\leq \pi

and

|y|\leq \pi

.

403. Find the gradient field

\mathbf {F} =\nabla \phi

for the potential function

\phi (x,y,z)=e^{-z}\sin(x+y)

Line Integrals

420. Evaluate

\int _{C}(x^{2}+y^{2})ds

if C is the line segment from (0,0) to (5,5)

421. Evaluate

\int _{C}(x^{2}+y^{2})ds

if C is the circle of radius 4 centered at the origin

422. Evaluate

\int _{C}(y-z)ds

if C is the helix

\mathbf {r} (t)=\langle 3\cos(t),3\sin(t),t\rangle ,\ t\in [0,2\pi ]

423. Evaluate

\int _{C}\mathbf {F} \cdot d\mathbf {r}

if

\mathbf {F} =\langle x,y\rangle

and C is the arc of the parabola

\mathbf {r} (t)=\langle 4t,t^{2}\rangle ,\ t\in [0,1]

424. Find the work required to move an object from (1,1,1) to (8,4,2) along a straight line in the force field

\displaystyle \mathbf {F} ={\frac {\langle x,y,z\rangle }{x^{2}+y^{2}+z^{2}}}

Conservative Vector Fields

Determine if the following vector fields are conservative on $\mathbb {R} ^{2}.$

440.

\langle -y,x+y\rangle

441.

\langle 2x^{3}+xy^{2},2y^{3}+x^{2}y\rangle

Determine if the following vector fields are conservative on their respective domains in $\mathbb {R} ^{3}.$ When possible, find the potential function.