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Math 230 Final Exam Solutions!
Fall Quarter 2012
Wednesday, December 12, 2012
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Math 230 Final Exam Solutions! Fall Quarter 2012 Page 2 of 17
Question 1. Suppose that u,vare two vectors in R3such that kuk= 3, kvk= 2, and the angle
between them is θ=π
3.
(a) (3 points) Calculate u·vand ku×vk.
Answer:
u·v=kukkvkcos(θ) = 3(2)(1
2) = 3
ku×vk=kukkvksin(θ) = 3√3
(b) (5 points) Calculate (u−v)·(u+ 2v).
Answer:
(u−v)·(u+ 2v) = u·(u+ 2v)−v·(u+ 2v)
=u·u+ 2u·v−v·u−2v·v
=kuk2+u·v−2kvk2
= 9 + 3 −8
= 4
(c) (4 points) Calculate (u+ 3v)·(3u×v).
Answer: Recall that u×vis orthogonal to both uand v, so
u·(u×v) = v·(u×v) = 0
Then,
(u+ 3v)·(3u×v) = 3u·(u×v) + 9v·(u×v)
= 0 + 0
= 0
Math 230 Final Exam Solutions! Fall Quarter 2012 Page 3 of 17
Question 2. For each of the following, calculate the limit or explain why the limit does not exist:
(a) (5 points) lim
(x,y)→(0,0)
y3+ 5x2+ 5y2
x2+y2
Answer:
Method 1: Polar Coordinates Method 2: Sandwich Theorem
lim
r→0
r3sin3(θ) + 5r2
r2= lim
r→0rsin3(θ) + 5 = 5
(since 5 −r≤rsin3(θ)≤5 + r)
=⇒lim
(x,y)→(0,0)
y3+ 5x2+ 5y2
x2+y2= 5
5− |y| ≤ y3+ 5x2+ 5y2
x2+y2≤5 + |y|
lim
(x,y)→(0,0) 5− |y|= lim
(x,y)→(0,0) 5 + |y|= 5
=⇒lim
(x,y)→(0,0)
y3+ 5x2+ 5y2
x2+y2= 5
(b) (5 points) lim
(x,y,z)→(0,0,0)
yz
x2+y2+z2.
Answer:
Method 1: Test Directions Method 2: Spherical Coordinates
Suppose y=z= 0 : lim
x→0
0
x2= 0
Suppose x= 0, y =z: lim
y→0
y2
2y2=1
26= 0
=⇒lim
(x,y,z)→(0,0,0)
yz
x2+y2+z2DNE
lim
ρ→0
ρ2sin(θ) sin(ϕ) cos(ϕ)
ρ2= lim
ρ→0sin(θ) sin(ϕ) cos(ϕ) :
Let θ=π
2,and ϕ= 0 : sin(θ) sin(ϕ) cos(ϕ) = 0
Let θ=π
2,and ϕ=π
4: sin(θ) sin(ϕ) cos(ϕ) = 1
2
Therefore, the limit depends on ϕ
=⇒DNE
(c) (5 points) lim
(x,y)→(0,0)
x4+y4
px4+y4+ 1 −1
Answer:
lim
(x,y)→(0,0)
x4+y4
px4+y4+ 1 −1= lim
(x,y)→(0,0)
x4+y4
px4+y4+ 1 −1·px4+y4+ 1 + 1
px4+y4+ 1 + 1
= lim
(x,y)→(0,0)
(x4+y4)(px4+y4+ 1 + 1)
(x4+y4+ 1) −1
= lim
(x,y)→(0,0) px4+y4+ 1 + 1
= 2