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Math 55: Final Examination Building Bridges, Breaking Barriers

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1. Let , = 2 .
(a) At the point (1,1), find the vector along whose direction f increases most rapidly.
(b) Find the rate of change of f at the point (1,1) along the direction of the vector 1,2 = i + 2j.

2. Use the second derivative thest to determine all local maxima and local minima of , = 2 +
2 + + .

3. Evaluate
1 1 2
2 + 2
0 0

4. Let S be the solid in the first octant bounded by the coordinate planes and the plane 3 + 2 + = 6.
Set upt the integral (with athe appropriate limits of integrations) that gives the mass of S assuming the
density to any point (x,y,z) is + . (Do not evaluate the integral)

5. (a) Write the equation of the cone = 3( 2 + 2 ) in spherical coordinates.

(b) Set up the integral in spherical coordinates that gives the volume of the region inside the sphere
2 + 2 + 2 = 1 and above the cone of 5a. Do not evaluate the integral.

6. Let C be part of the parabola = 2 from the point (0,0) to the point (1,1) and let , = + 2 .
Evaluate
.

7. Determine if the given series converges of diverges.

+ 1
()
2 + 1 3 + 1 ln
=1 =1 =2

8. Find the interval of convergence of the power series

2
=1

9. Find the exact value of the sum Hint: Differentiate the identity

1
1
=
2 1
=1 =0

for < 1, and then plug-in a suitable value of x.

10. Find the Taylor series of = ln(1 + ) about 0 (the series should be in powers of x). Using the
expansion, show that
1
3
(1)+1
ln(1 + ) =
0 (3 + 1)
=1