MCS 2414 - Test #2

[Sample]
Please write all solutions NEATLY. You are required to show all your work, provide complete justifications of your responses, and present all steps clearly in a logically coherent manner. Failure to do so will cause losing the related points.

1. (16 points) (a) Find the angle between the planes x + y + z = 1 and x - 2 y + 3z = 1 . [See Example 7(a), page 845] (b) Find symmetric equations and parametric equations for the line of intersection L of the two planes given in part (a). [See Example 7(b), page 845] 2. (21 points) Suppose that

r + (sin t ) . r (t ) = (cos t ) i j+t k

at the point where t = 0. [See page 872] (a) Find the unit tangent vector T r (b) Sketch the curve determined by r (t ) , and indicate with an arrow the direction in which t increases. [See Example 4, page 865] r (c) Find the length of the curve traced by r (t ) from the point (1,0,0) to the point (1,0 ,2 ). [See Example 2, page 878]

(d) Find the length of the curve traced by R (t ) = r (t ) + ( t + ln cos t )k , 0 t / 4. [See Exercise 4, page 884]

, < t < is the position vector 3. (16 points) The vector r (t ) = (3t + 1) i+ 3 t j+t 2 k of a particle moving in space. (a) Find the particle's speed at time t = 1. [See Quiz 3] (b) At what time(s), if any, are the particle's velocity and acceleration orthogonal?[See Quiz 3]
4. (17 points) A projectile is fired with muzzle speed 150 m/s and angle of elevation of 45o from a position 10 m above the ground level. Where does the projectile hit the ground and with what speed? [See Example 5, page 888, and Example 6, page 889] 5. (16 points) Let f ( x, y ) = 9 x 2 y 2 . (a) Find the domain and range of the function f. [See Example 4, page 893] (b) Sketch four level curves of the function f ( x, y ) ; then find an equation of the level curve , 3) of f that contains the point ( 4 5 5 . [See Example 11, page 909] (c) If u ( x, y ) = e x sin y , show that
2u 2u + = 0 x 2 y 2

( )

. [See Example 8, page 932]

6. (14 points) Find an equation of the tangent plane to the elliptic paraboloid z = 2 x 2 + y 2 at the point ( 1 ,1 , 3 ). [See Example 1, page 940]