MATH 2E: Practice Final

Spring 2011 Dr. Frederick Park

Note: this exam is only slightly longer than the actual final exam.
1. (a) Let C be a simple closed piecewise-smooth space curve which lies
entirely in a plane and suppose that the plane has upward pointing
unit normal vector given by n = ai + bj + ck. Show that the area
of the portion of the plane enclosed by C is:
1
2

Z
(bz cy)dx + (cx az)dy + (ay bx)dz
C

(b) Let C be a simple closed smooth curve in the plane 2x+2y+z = 2,

oriented counter-clockwise as viewed from above. Show that the
integral
I
2ydx + 3zdy xdz
C

depends only on the area of the region enclosed by C and not on

the position or shape of C.
2. A torus of revolution about is the surface obtained by rotating a circle
C in the xz-plane about the z-axis in space. Suppose the radius of C
is r > 0 and the center of C is (R, 0, 0)
(a) Find a parametrization of the torus.
(b) Find the surface area of the torus.
3. Let F(x, y, z) = h (x2 +y2yz
2 +z 2 )2 ,

2xz
(x2 +y 2 +z 2 )2 i

be a vector field defined on

R3 0. Let S be the closed surface which is the boundary of the

region enclosed by the hyperboloid x2 + y 2 z 2 = 4, and the planes
z = 5 and z = 5. Compute the flux
Z
F dS
S

4. Let F be a vector field defined on R2 0 defined by:

1
hy, xi
x2 + y 2

F(x, y) =

(a) Show that for any positively-oriented simple closed curve C in R2

which encloses the origin,
Z
F dr = 2
C

(b) Let C be a positively oriented simple closed curve in R2 which

doesnt pass through or enclose the origin. Show that
Z
F dr = 0
C

5. Let F(x, y, z) = heyz , xzeyz + z cos y, xyeyz + sin yi be a vector field.

(a) Let C be the piecewise smooth path which travels in a straight
line from (1, 0, 1) to (1, 0, 0), then along the x-axis from (1, 0,
0) to (0, 0, 0), then finally from (0, 0, 0) to (1, /2, 0) along the
2
parabola specified by: y = x2 and z = 0. Compute:
Z
F dr
C

(b) Does there exist a vector field G such that F = curl(G)? Why
or why not?
6. (a) If the vertices of a quadrilateral in counterclockwise order are
(x1 , y1 ), (x2 , y2 ), (x3 , y3 ), (x4 , y4 ), then show that the area A of
the quadrilateral is given by:
A = 12 [(x1 y2 x2 y1 ) + (x2 y3 x3 y2 ) + (x3 y4 x4 y3 ) + (x4 y1 x1 y4 )]
2

(b) Use this formula to find the area of the quadrilateral with vertices
at (0,-3), (2,0), (-1,5), and (-2,-1) (ordered counter-clockwise).
2

7. Let F = hyz 3 , yz 2 , x7 exy i be a vector field. Let E denote the region

defined by the ellipsoid
x2 y 2 z 2
+
+
=1
a2 b2 c2
and S be the boundary of E with outward unit normal given by n
and a, b, c are all constants. Compute the Flux:
ZZ
F dS
S

8. Let F = yz 5 i + xez J + zxk be a vector field. Let E denote the region

inside x2 + y 2 = 4 and outside x2 + y 2 = 1, and below z = y 2 in the
first octant and S the boundary of E. Compute the outward Flux:
ZZ
F dS
S