INDIAN INSTITUTE OF TECHNOLOGY GANDHINAGAR

MA 205: Several Variable Calculus

Semester-I, Academic Year 2024-25
Tutorial Problems-5
Instructor: Tanya Kaushal Srivastava
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Instructions
• Assignment sheets will be solved in groups of 3. In each tutorial session, I will randomly ask
one student from each group to solve one question on the board from the assignment sheet.
This question will be graded.
• Tutorial date: 19th September 2024.

∂f ∂f
Q1. Find ∂x and ∂y :-
2
y

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(a) f (x, y) = x3 + 2
(b) f (x, y) = xy
Ry
(c) f (x, y) = x g(t) dt
(d) f (x, y) = ∞ n
P
n=0 (xy) where |xy| < 1

Q2. Find fx , fy , and fz :-

(a) f (x, y, z) = sec−1 (x + yz)

(b) f (x, y, z) = ln(x + 2y + 3z)
2 +y 2 +z 2 )
(c) f (x, y, z) = e−(x
Q3. Find the partial derivative of the function with respect to each variable :-
(a) f (t, a) = cos(2πt − a)
2u
(b) g(u, v) = v 2 e v
Q4. Which order of differentiation will calculate fxy faster: x first or y first? Try to answer without
writing anything down.

(a) f (x, y) = x sin y + ey

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(b) f (x, y) = x
x
(c) f (x, y) = y + y
y+x2
(d) f (x, y) = y+4y 3 −ln(y 2 +1)

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 (e) f (x, y) = x2 + 5xy + sin x + 7ex
(f) f (x, y) = x ln(xy)

Q5. Find the value of ∂x 2

∂z at the point (1, −1, −3) if the equation xz + y ln x − x + 4 = 0 defines x
as a function of the two independent variables y and z and the partial derivative exists.
∂A ∂A
Q6. Express A implicitly as a function of a, b, and c, and calculate ∂a and ∂b for the triangle
shown below.

Q7. Let f (x, y) be defined as

y3

if y ≥ 0
f (x, y) =
−y 2 if y < 0
Find fx , fy , fxy , and fyx , and state the domain for each partial derivative.
(
xy(x2 −y 2 )
x2 +y 2
, if (x, y) ̸= 0,
Q8. Let f (x, y) =
0, if (x, y) = 0.

(a) Show that

∂f ∂f
(x, 0) = x for all x, and (0, y) = −y for all y.
∂y ∂x
(b) Show that
∂2f ∂2f
(0, 0) ̸= (0, 0).
∂y∂x ∂x∂y

The graph of f is shown below.

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 Q9. An important partial differential equation that describes the distribution of heat in a region at
time t can be represented by the one-dimensional heat equation

∂f ∂2f
= .
∂t ∂x2
Show that u(x, t) = sin(ax)·e−bt satisfies the heat equation for constants a and b, under certain
relationship between a and b. Determine that relationship as well.
Q10. Let f (x, y) be defined as (
xy 2
x2 +y 4
if (x, y) ̸= (0, 0)
f (x, y) =
0 if (x, y) = (0, 0)
Show that fx (0, 0) and fy (0, 0) exist, but f is not differentiable at (0, 0). (Hint: Use Theorem
- Differentiability implies Continuity and show that f is not continuous at (0, 0).)

Q11. In the following question:(a) Express dw

dt as a function of t, both by using the Chain Rule and
by expressing w in terms of t and differentiating directly with respect to t. (b) Then evaluate
dw
dt at the given value of t.

(a)
x y 1
w= + , x = cos2 t, y = sin2 t, z= , t=3
z z t
(b)
w = ln(x2 + y 2 + z 2 ), x = cos t, y = sin t, z = 42t t=3
(c)
w = 2yex − ln z, x = ln(t2 + 1), y = tan−1 t, z = et t=1
∂z ∂z
Q12. (a) Express ∂u and ∂y as functions of u and y, both by using the Chain Rule and by expressing
∂z ∂z
z directly in terms of u and y before differentiating. (b) Then evaluate ∂u and ∂y at the given
point (u, v).  π
z = 4ex ln y, x = ln(u cos v), y = u sin v (u, v) = 2, .
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Q13. (a) Express ∂w ∂w
∂u and ∂y as functions of u and y, both by using the Chain Rule and by expressing
w directly in terms of u and y before differentiating. (b) Then evaluate ∂w ∂w
∂u and ∂y at the given
point (u, v).
 
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w = xy + yz + xz, x = u + v, y = u − v, z = uv , (u, v) = ,1 .
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Q14. (a) Express ∂u ∂u ∂u

∂x , ∂y , and ∂z as functions of x, y, and z, both by using the Chain Rule and by
expressing u directly in terms of x, y, and z before differentiating. (b) Then evaluate ∂u ∂u
∂x , ∂y ,
and ∂u
∂z at the given point (x, y, z).
 
qr −1 2 1 π 1 1
u = e sin p, p = sin x, q = z ln y, r = , (x, y, z) = , ,−
z 4 2 2
.

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Q15. Assuming that the equations in the following questions define y as a differentiable function of
dy
x, use Theorem 8 to find the value of dx at the given point.
Theorem 8—A Formula for Implicit Differentiation: Suppose that F (x, y) is differen-
tiable and that the equation F (x, y) = 0 defines y as a differentiable function of x. Then, at
any point where Fy ̸= 0,
dy Fx
=−
dx Fy

(a) xy + y 2 − 3x − 3 = 0, at (−1, 1)
(b) xey + sin(xy) + y − ln 2 = 0, at (0, ln 2)

Q16. Suppose that the partial derivatives of a function f (x, y, z) at points on the helix x = cos t,
y = sin t, z = t are
fx = cos t, fy = sin t, fz = t2 + t − 2.
At what points on the curve, if any, can f take on extreme values?
Q17. Let w = x2 ey cos z. Find the value of dw/dt at the point (1, ln2, 0) on the curve x = cos t,
y = ln(t + 2), z = t.
Q18. Let T = g(x, y) be the temperature at the point (x, y) on the ellipse
√ √
x = 2 2 cos t, y = 2 sin t, 0 ≤ t ≤ 2π,
and suppose that
∂T ∂T
= y, = x.
∂x ∂y
(a) Locate the maximum and minimum temperatures on the ellipse by examining dT /dt and
d2 T /dt2 .
(b) Suppose that T = xy − 2. Find the maximum and minimum values of T on the ellipse.
R x2 √
Q19. Find the derivatives of the function F (x) = 0 t4 + x3 dt
Q20. Find the gradient of the function at the given point. Then sketch the gradient together with
the level curve that passes through the point.
p
f (x, y) = 2x + 3y, (−1, 2)

Q21. Find the derivative of the function at P0 in the direction of u.

x−y
(a) g(x, y) = xy+2 , P0 (1, −1), u = 12i + 5j
y

√ −1 xy
(b) h(x, y) = tan−1 x + 3 sin 2 , P0 (1, 1), u = 3i − 2j

Q22. Sketch the curve f (x, y) = c together with ∇f and the tangent line at the given point. Then
write an equation for the tangent line.
√

(a) x2 − y = 1, 2, 1
(b) x2 − xy + y 2 = 7, (−1, 2)
Q23. Let f (x, y) = x2 − xy + y 2 − y. Find the directions u and the values of Du f (1, −1) for which:
(a) Du f (1, −1) is largest.

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 (b) Du f (1, −1) is smallest.
(c) Du f (1, −1) = 0.
(d) Du f (1, −1) = 4.
(e) Du f (1, −1) = −3.
Q24. In what direction is the derivative of (x, y) = xy + y 2 at P(3, 2) equal to zero?
is greatest in the direction of v = i + j − k . In this
Q25. The derivative of f (x, y, z) at a point P √
direction, the value of the derivative is 2 3
(a) What is ∇f at P? Give reasons for your answer.
(b) What is the derivative of f at in the direction of i + j?

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