Practice all the questions in Assignment 2, but submit the following questions:

NOS: 5, 6, 9, 13, 14, 17, 19, 25, 27, on or before Tuesday 22nd June, 2021.

GEC 220 ASSIGNMENT 2

1.) Find the total differential of f(x,y)
a) f(x,y) = y ex + sin x
b) f(x,y) = √ x+ y

2.) In a coal processing plant the flow V of slurry along a pipe is given by:
πP r 4
v= . If r and l both increase by 5% and P and ŋ decrease by 10% and
8 ŋl
30% respectively, using total differential, find the change in v and hence,
approximate percentage change in V.

3.) The base radius r cm of a right – circular cone increases at 2 cm.sec-1 and
its height h cm at 3 cm.sec-1. Find the rate of increase in its volume, V,
1 2
where r = 5 and h = 15. [Note V = 3 π r h ]
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4.) The area Z of a triangle is given by Z= 2 XY Cosθ , where θ is the angle
between sides X and Y. If X is increasing at 0.4 cm/s, Y is decreasing at 0.8
cm/s and θ is increasing at 0.2 radians/s, using chain rule, find the rate of
change of the area of the triangle when X is 3 cm, Y is 4 cm and θ is π/6
radians (≡ 300)

5.)An equation for heat generated H is H = i2Rt. Using total differential,

determine the percentage error in the calculated value of H if the error
in measuring current i is +2%, the error in measuring resistance R is
-3% and the error in measuring time t is +1%.

6.)The volume V of a liquid of viscosity coefficient η delivered after time t

when passed through a tube of length L and diameter d by a pressure
 p d4 t
p is given by V = . If the errors in V, p and L are 1%, 2% and 3%
128 η L
respectively, using total differential, determine the error in η.
Assume there in no error in t and d.
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7.) The power P dissipated in a resistor is given by P= . If E=200 volts and
R
R=8 ohms, find the change in P resulting from a drop of 5 volts in E and an

increase of 0.2 ohms in R.

8.) The radius, r , of a cylindrical can is reduced by 20 % and its height, h,

increased by 80 %. Using total differential, determine the change in volume
when ( r , h )=( 1 , 5 ).

9.) In a right-angled triangle, c denotes the hypotenuse, while a and b represent

its other two sides. If c is increasing at the rate of 2 cm/s while a is
decreasing at the rate of 3 cm/s . Using chain rule, calculate the rate at which
b is changing when c=5 cm and a=3 cm. Hint: use Pythagoras theorem to
relate b to a and c .

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10.) If θ=kHLV 2 , where k is a constant, and there are possible errors of
± 1 percent in measuring H , L∧V , find the maximum possible error in the

calculated value of θ.

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11.) The radius of a cylinder increases at the rate of 0.2 s while the
cm
height decreases at the rate of 0.5 s . Find the rate at which the volume is
changing at the instant when r =8 cm and h=12 cm

R R
In a balanced bridge circuit, R1= R . If R2 , R 3 , R4 have known
2 3
12.)
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tolerances of ± x percent , ± y percent ,± z percent respectively, determine the

maximum percentage error in R1, expressed in terms of x , y ∧z.
 13.) The deflection y at the centre of a circular plate suspended at the

kw d 4
edge and uniformly loaded is given by y= , where w=total load ,
t3
d=diameter of plate, t=thickness∧k is a constant . Calculate the approximate

percentage change in y if w is increased by 3 percent, d is decreased by 2 ½

percent and t is increased by 4 percent .

14.) The coefficient of rigidity ( n ) of a wire of length ( L ) and uniform

AL
diameter ( d ) is given by n= 4 , where A is a constant. If errors of ± 0.25
d
percent and ± 1 percent are possible in measuring L and d respectively,
determine the maximum percentage error in the calculated value of n.

n p
15.) If k /k o=( T /T o ) . 760 , show that the change in k due to small changes of

a percent in T and b percent in p is approximately ( na+ b )percent.

16.) A rectangular box has sides of length x cm, y cm and z cm.

Sides x and z are expanding at rates of 0.3 cm/s and 0.5 cm/s
respectively and side y is contracting at a rate of 0.2 cm/s. Using chain
rule, determine the rate of change of volume when x is 3 cm, y is 1.5
cm and z is 6 cm.

17.) The rate of flow of gas in a pipe, v is given by:

v=C d 1 /2 T −5 /6
where C is a constant, d is the diameter of the pipe and T is the
thermodynamic temperature of the gas. When determining the rate of flow
experimentally, d is measured and subsequently found to be in error by
+1.4% of d , and T has an error of –1.8% of T .
(i) Using total differential, determine the error (change) in the rate of
flow, v, based on the measured values. Leave your answer in terms of
v.
 (ii) Hence, determine the percentage error in the rate of flow.

18.) From the ideal gas law PV = nRT , where nR is constant, a)

Using total differential, determine an expression for small change in
pressure, dP.b) Hence, estimate the percentage change in pressure, P, if the
temperature, T , is increased by 3% and the volume,V , is decreased by 4%.

19.) The total surface area S of a closed cone of base radius r cm and
perpendicular height h cm is given by: S=π r 2 + πr √ ( r 2+ h2 ). If r and h are each
increasing at the rate of 0.25 cm sec-1, find the rate at which S is increasing
at the instant when r =3 and h = 4.

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20.) Modulus of rigidity G= , where R is the radius, θ is the angle of
L
twist and L length. Using Total Differential, determine the approximate
change in G, and hence the approximate percentage change in, G when R is
increased by 2%, θ is reduced by 5% and L is increased by 4%.

21.) Pressure P and volume V of a gas are connected by the equation

1.4
P V =k .
i) Using total differential, determine the approximate change in k
when the pressure is increased by 4% and the volume is decreased by
1.5%, (leave your answer in terms of k).
ii) Hence, determine the percentage error (% change) in k .

22.) Q factor in a resonant electrical circuit is given by:

1 L
Q=
R C √
Using total differential, find the percentage change in Q when L increases
by 4%, R decreases by 3% and C decreases by 2%.
 ∂z ∂z
23.) Using the general implicit formula, find and , given that:
∂x ∂y
sin ( xyz )=x +3 z+ y
∂u
24.) Given eu cos V – x = 0, using the general implicit formula, find ∂ x ,

∂ u ,∧∂ v
∂v ∂x
∂u
25.) Given eu sin V = y, using the general implicit formula, find ∂ y ,

∂ u ,∧∂ v
∂v ∂ y
∂u ∂u
26.) Given u2 – v2 -y = 0, using the general implicit formula, find ∂ v , ∂ y

∂v
and ∂ y

∂z ∂z
27.) Using general implicit formula, find ∂ x  and ∂ y   for the function:
x 3 z 2−5 x y5 z=x 2 + y 3
2
an
28.) ( )
Given that P+ 2 ( v −nb ) −nRT=0 , using the general implicit formula,
v

∂T ∂ P ∂V ∂T ∂P ∂V
find ∂ P , ∂V and ∂T hence show that ∂ P x ∂V x ∂T = -1