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    Final: Problems and Answers

    1. Consider the triangle with vertices at (1, 0), (−1, 0), and (0, 1):

    a) (2 points) Find the area of the triangle.


    b) (4 points) Suppose the density (mass per unit area) is ρ(x, y) = x2 . Find the mass of
    the triangle.
    c) (4 points) Suppose the density is ρ(x, y) = y 2 . Find the mass of the triangle.
    Answer: (a) 1. (b) 61 . (c) 16 . Can use symmetry and reduce both (a) and (b) to a single
    calculation over a half triangle.
    2. The line (x, y, z) = (1 − 2t, 2t − 1, t), with t as the parameter, is denoted by L. The point Q
    is (1, 2, 3).
    a) (5 points) Find a point P on L such that the line from P to Q is orthogonal (perpen-
    dicular) to L.
    b) (5 points) Find a point R on L such that the line from R to Q makes an angle equal
    to 45o or π/4 with L.
    Answer: (a) P = (−1, 1, 1). (b) R = (−3, 3, 2) or R = (1, −1, 0).
    3. Consider the solid sphere x2 + y 2 + z 2 ≤ 1.
    a) (3 points) Find the volume of the sphere above the plane z = √1
    2
    .
    b) (3 points) Find the volume inside the sphere and above the cone z 2 = x2 + y 2 , z ≥ 0.
    c) (4 points) The plane √x2 + y + √z2 = 1 cuts the solid sphere into two pieces. Find the
    volumes of both the pieces.
    (a) . (b) . (c) .
         
    2π 1 2π √1 2π 1
    Answer:
    3
    1− √
    2 2 3
    1− 2 3
    1± √
    2 2

    4. Consider the surface 2z 2 = x4 + y 2 .


    a) (2 points) Find the gradient of f (x, y, z) = x4 + y 2 − 2z 2 at (x, y, z) = (1, 1, 1).
    b) (2 points) Find the tangent plane to the surface at the point (1, 1, 1).
    c) (3 points) Find the area of the tangent plane inside the cylinder x2 + y 2 = 1.
    d) (3 points) Find the area of the tangent plane inside the elliptical cylinder x9 + 16 = 1.
    2 z2

    Answer: (a)∇f = (4x3 , 2y, −4z) = (4, 2, −4). (b) 4x + 2y − 4z = 2. (c) π × 3


    2
    = 3π
    2
    . (d)
    3.4.π × 13 = 36π .

    5. The density (mass per unit area) is ρ(x, y) = 1 throughout this problem.
    a) (1 point) Consider the semi-circular plate x2 + y 2 ≤ a2 with y ≥ 0. Find the mass of
    this plate.
    b) (4 points) Find the y -coordinate of the center of mass of the plate of part (a).
    c) (5 points) Now consider the following half-annular plate (center origin, inner radius 12 ,
    outer radius 1):

    Find the y -coordinate of the center of mass of this plate.


    ȳ 3π 2
    × π4
    (a) πa2 /2. (b) . (c) ȳ = obtained by solving .
    4a 14 + 3π 4
    Answer:
    3π 9π
    4
    π
    = 3π

    6. Consider the vector eld F = (3x2 + 3y)i + (3x + 3y 2 )j.


    a) (5 points) Find a potential function f (x, y) such that F = ∇f .
    b) (5 points) Evaluate the line integral
    ˆ
    F · dr,
    C

    where the curve C is given by r(t) = t2 cos t i + t4 sin t j, 0 ≤ t ≤ π .


    Answer: (a) f (x, y) = x3 + 3xy + y 3 . (b) −π 6 .
    7. Each part of this problem asks you to evaluate a line integral over a closed curve. The curve
    is always assumed to be counterclockwise.
    ´
    a) (3 points) Evaluate −y
    C x2 +y 2
    dx + x
    x2 +y 2
    dy with C being x2 + y 2 = 1.
    ´ (x−1)2
    b) (3 points) Evaluate −y
    C x2 +y 2
    dx + x
    x2 +y 2
    dy with C being 2
    + (y − 2)2 = 1.
    ´ −2(y− 1 ) 2(x− 1 )
    c) (4 points) Evaluate c (x− 1 )2 +(y−
    2
    1 2 dx+
    )
    2
    (x− 12 )2 +(y− 12 )2
    dy with C being the square joining
    2 2
    the four points (±1, ±1).
    Answer: (a) 2π . (b) 0. (c) 4π .
    ´´
    8. The ux of the vector eld F out of the surface S is given by S
    F · n dS , where n is the
    outward normal. In each part below, r = x i + y j + z k is the position vector.
    a) (2 points) Find the ux of F = r
    |r|2
    out of the surface x2 + y 2 + z 2 = 1.
    b) (2 points) Find the ux of F = r
    |r|3
    out of the surface x2 + y 2 + z 2 = 1.
    c) (3 points) Find the ux of F = (x−z 2 x)i+(z 2 y+y)j+z k out of the surface x2 +y 2 +z 2 =
    1.
    2 2  2
    d) (3 points) Find the ux of F = |r|r3 out of the surface x − 61 + 12 y − 13 + z + 51 =
     

    1.
    Answer: 4π for all four parts.
    9. Let F = yz i + 2xz j + 3xy k be the vector eld for this problem. The surface S is x2 + y 2 = 1
    with −1 ≤ z ≤ 1. The surface is a cylinder. The surface is obviously open at the top or the
    bottom. As always, the position vector is r = x i + y j + z k.
    a) (3 points) The bottom boundary of the surface denoted by C1 is given by x2 + y 2 = 1
    and
    ´ z = −1. The orientation is counterclockwise in the x-y plane. Find the circulation
    C1
    F · dr.
    b) (2 points) The top boundary of the surface denoted by C2 is given by x2 + y 2 = 1
    and
    ´ z = 1. The orientation is counterclockwise in the x-y plane. Find the circulation
    C2
    F · dr.
    c) (5 points) Suppose the unit normal n to the cylindrical
    ´´ surface S points outward away
    from the axis of the cylinder. Calculate the ux S curl F · n dS .
    Answer: (a) −π . The curve is r = (cos t, sin t, −1) and F = (− sin t, −2 cos t, 3 sin t cos t)
    implying F · dr = (sin2 t − 2 cos2 t)dt. So the answer is −π . (b) π . (c) −2π . Either use
    Stokes or evaluate.

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