University of Toronto Scarborough

Department of Computer & Mathematical Sciences

MAT B41H

2013/2014
Assignment #1

This assignment is due at

September 16 September 20, 2013.

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A. Suggested reading: Marsden & Tromba, Chapter 1, sections 1.1, 1.2, 1.3 and 1.5.
B. Problems:

Most of these problems are a review of prerequisite material.

1. (a) Using only the definition of derivative find f 0 (a) when f (x) = 2x2 + x 3.
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(b) Using only the definition of the Riemann integral find
f (x) dx when
0

f (x) = 2x2 + x 3.
dF (x)
(c) Find
where F (x) =
dx

1x3

et dt

cos x

2. (a) Without using integral tables, evaluate each of the following

Z
(i)

x6 + x3
dx
1 + x2

Z
(iii)

sin x cos x dx

Z
(ii)
Z
(iv)

Z
(v)

sin(ln x) dx
Z

(vii)

x2

(vi)

(ln w)3
dw
w
z 2 cos z dz
dx
(x + 1)(x 2)

9 x2 dx

(b) Find the following definite integrals, if they converge.

Z 9 y
Z 6
Z
dx
x
e
(i)
(ii)
(iii)
dx
dy
2/3
y
ex
4
0 (x 4)
0
3. The police observe that the skid marks of a stopping car are 200 m long. Assuming
the car decelerated at a constant rate of 20 m/sec2 , skidding all the way, how fast was
the car going when the brakes were applied?

4. Let v = (1, 1, 1) and w = (0, 1, 2) be vectors in R3 .

(a) Find the angle between v and w.
(b) Verify the Cauchy-Schwarz inequality and the triangle inequality for v and w.
(c) Find all unit vectors in R3 which are orthogonal to both v and w.
(d) Find the projection of (i) v onto w and (ii) w onto v.
5. (a) Suppose uv = wv for all v. Is it necessarily true that u = w? Justify your
answer.
(b) Suppose uv = wv for some v 6= 0. Is it necessarily true that u = w? Justify
your answer.






2
2 1 1
2 5
1
1
and b3 = , ,
.
6. Let b1 = , 0, , b2 = , ,
5
5
6 6 6
30 30 30
(a) Determine if b1 , b2 and b3 form an orthonormal basis for R3 . Justify your answer.
(b) If b1 , b2 , and b3 should form an orthonormal basis, find the coordinates of
v = (1, 0, 1) in the b1 , b2 , b3 system.

1 21
1
3 2
1
0 3
2

7. Let A = 2 1 4 , B = 73 35 13 , and C = 4 1 1 .
1
1
3
2 3
3
2 1
16
3
6
(a) Compute det A, det B, det C, det AB and det(A + B).
(b) Verify that A and B are inverse matrices and use this fact to
(i) solve the simultaneous equations:
x
+ 3z = 1
2x y + 4z = 2
3x + 2y + z = 3
and
(ii) show that the only v R3 such that Av = 0 is the zero vector.
(c) Can you find a non-zero vector v R3 such that Cv = 0? Would the argument
used in (b)(ii) work here? Explain.