Calculus II 2019 Fall Midterm Solution
Calculus II 2019 Fall Midterm Solution
Calculus II 2019 Fall Midterm Solution
1. Let be the line through the point and parallel to the
vector 〈 〉. Let be the line of intersection of the planes
and , where is the plane and is the plane
through points , and .
(a) Find the parametric equations for the line .
(b) Find the distance between and .
〈 〉
⇒ 〈 〉
and the normal vector of is
〈 〉.
∴ The direction vector of is
×
〈 〉
⇒ The equations of is
,
that is, and the equations of is ,
∴ is a point on .
⇒ The parametric equations for the line is
∈ℝ.
(b) Let and be two parallel planes containing and ,
respectively.
The normal vector of and is
〈 〉
The equation of is , that is,
and is a point on .
∴ The distance between and is
× ×
.
2. Let be a curve given by the vector equation
〈
〉 and be a point represented by
rectangular coordinate.
(a) Find the curvature of the curve at .
(b) Find the center of the osculating circle of the curve at
.
〈 〉
∴ The center of the osculating circle of at is
.
〈 〉 〈 〉
〈
〉
3. Find the limit, if it exist, or show that the limit does not exist.
sin
lim
→
sin
lim
→
if
and is differentiable at . Find the linear approximation
of the function at and use it to approximate
.
(sol)
(i) ⇒ ⇒
(ii) ⇒ ⇒
∴ The linear approximation of the function at is
and
≈
×
5. If a differentiable function decrease fastest in the
direction of the vector at the point and the
minimum rate of change is . Find the maximum rate of
change of
at the point and the direction in which it occurs.
and it occurs in the direction
∇ 〈 〉 ⇒ 〈 〉.