Department of Applied Mathematics and Humanities
S.V. National Institute of Technology, Surat, Gujarat
[Link].- I (Semester- I) Branch (All)
Subject: Mathematics -I (MA 101 S1)
Tutorial-06
Error and Approximations, Jacobians, Extreme values of functions of two
variables, Lagrange’s Method of undetermined multipliers
1. 𝑎𝑎2 𝑐𝑐 2
If 𝐷𝐷 = + , find the percentage error in 𝐷𝐷 if error in measuring 𝑎𝑎 is % and in measuring
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𝑏𝑏 2 2
b and 𝑐𝑐 are 1% each.
2𝑏𝑏𝑐𝑐 2
Ans: 𝐷𝐷 = .
2𝑎𝑎2 +𝑏𝑏𝑐𝑐 2
2. If 𝑧𝑧 = 2𝑥𝑥𝑦𝑦 2 − 3𝑥𝑥 2 𝑦𝑦 and 𝑥𝑥 increases at the rate of 2𝑐𝑐𝑐𝑐/𝑠𝑠 as it passes through 𝑥𝑥 = 3 𝑐𝑐𝑐𝑐.
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Show that if 𝑦𝑦 is passing through 𝑦𝑦 = 1 𝑐𝑐𝑐𝑐, 𝑦𝑦 must decrease at the rate of 𝑐𝑐𝑐𝑐/𝑠𝑠 in
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order that 𝑧𝑧 remains constant.
3. A balloon is in the form of a right circular cylinder of radius 1.5 𝑚𝑚 and height 4 𝑚𝑚 and is
surmounted by hemispherical ends. If the radius is increased by 0.01 𝑚𝑚 and the height by
0.05 𝑚𝑚 , find the percentage change in the volume of the balloon.
Ans: 2.389%
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Evaluate (1.99)2 (3.01)3 (0.98)10 using approximation.
Ans: 107.784
5. Find the Jacobian for each of the following functions:
(𝑎𝑎) 𝑥𝑥 = 𝑎𝑎 𝑐𝑐𝑐𝑐𝑐𝑐ℎ𝜃𝜃𝜃𝜃𝜃𝜃𝜃𝜃∅ , 𝑦𝑦 = 𝑎𝑎 𝑠𝑠𝑠𝑠𝑠𝑠ℎ𝜃𝜃 𝑠𝑠𝑠𝑠𝑠𝑠∅
𝑎𝑎2
Ans: (𝑐𝑐𝑐𝑐𝑐𝑐ℎ2𝜃𝜃 − 𝑐𝑐𝑐𝑐𝑐𝑐2∅)
2
(𝑏𝑏)𝑢𝑢 = 𝑥𝑥𝑥𝑥𝑥𝑥 , 𝑣𝑣 = 𝑥𝑥 2 + 𝑦𝑦 2 + 𝑧𝑧 2 , 𝑤𝑤 = 𝑥𝑥 + 𝑦𝑦 + 𝑧𝑧
Ans: 2(𝑦𝑦 − 𝑧𝑧)(𝑧𝑧 − 𝑥𝑥)(𝑦𝑦 − 𝑥𝑥)
6. Verify 𝐽𝐽 ∗ 𝐽𝐽′ = 1 for the function 𝑥𝑥 = 𝑢𝑢 , 𝑦𝑦 = 𝑢𝑢 tan 𝑣𝑣 , 𝑧𝑧 = 𝑤𝑤.
7. If 𝑢𝑢 = 𝑒𝑒 𝑥𝑥 cos 𝑦𝑦, 𝑣𝑣 = 𝑒𝑒 𝑥𝑥 sin 𝑦𝑦, 𝑤𝑤ℎ𝑒𝑒𝑒𝑒𝑒𝑒 𝑥𝑥 = 𝑙𝑙𝑙𝑙 + 𝑠𝑠𝑠𝑠 𝑎𝑎𝑎𝑎𝑎𝑎 𝑦𝑦 = 𝑚𝑚𝑚𝑚 − 𝑙𝑙𝑙𝑙, verify chain rule of
Jacobians, 𝑙𝑙, 𝑚𝑚 being constant.
8. Find the extreme values of the each of the following functions:
(a) 𝑢𝑢 = 𝑥𝑥 3 + 𝑦𝑦 3 − 63(𝑥𝑥 + 𝑦𝑦) + 12𝑥𝑥𝑥𝑥.
Ans: 𝑢𝑢𝑚𝑚𝑚𝑚𝑚𝑚 = 2156 , 𝑢𝑢𝑚𝑚𝑖𝑖𝑖𝑖 = −216.
(𝑏𝑏) 𝑠𝑠𝑠𝑠𝑠𝑠𝑠𝑠 + 𝑠𝑠𝑠𝑠𝑠𝑠𝑠𝑠 + sin(𝑥𝑥 + 𝑦𝑦)
3√3
Ans: 𝑓𝑓𝑚𝑚𝑚𝑚𝑚𝑚 =
2
9. Find the stationary value of 𝑥𝑥𝑥𝑥(𝑎𝑎 − 𝑥𝑥 − 𝑦𝑦)
𝑎𝑎3
Ans: 𝑓𝑓𝑒𝑒𝑒𝑒𝑒𝑒𝑒𝑒𝑒𝑒𝑒𝑒𝑒𝑒 =
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10. Find the points on the surface 𝑧𝑧 2 = 𝑥𝑥𝑥𝑥 + 1 nearest to the origin. Also find that distance.
Ans: The points (0,0,1) and (0,0, −1)on the surface are nearest to the origin. Minimum
distance = 1.
11. Find the point on the plane 𝑎𝑎𝑎𝑎 + 𝑏𝑏𝑏𝑏 + 𝑐𝑐𝑐𝑐 = 𝑝𝑝 at which the function 𝑓𝑓 = 𝑥𝑥 2 + 𝑦𝑦 2 + 𝑧𝑧 2 has a
minimum value and find this minimum f.
𝑝𝑝2
Ans: The minimum value of 𝑓𝑓 =
𝑎𝑎2 +𝑏𝑏 2 +𝑐𝑐 2
12. Show that the rectangular solid of maximum value that can be inscribed in a sphere is a
cube.
13. Find the maximum and minimum distances from the origin to the curve 3𝑥𝑥 2 + 4𝑥𝑥𝑥𝑥 + 6𝑦𝑦 2 =
140.
Ans: The maximum and minimum distances are √70, √20.
14. Use the method of Lagrange’s multipliers to find volume of the largest rectangular
𝑥𝑥 2 𝑦𝑦 2 𝑧𝑧 2
parallelopiped that can be inscribed in the ellipsoid + + = 1.
𝑎𝑎2 𝑏𝑏 2 𝑐𝑐 2
8𝑎𝑎𝑎𝑎𝑎𝑎
Ans: 𝑉𝑉 = .
3√3