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Midterm 1
October 14, 2015
Duration: 50 minutes
This test has 4 questions on 10 pages, each worth 10 points, for a total of 40 points.
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(ii) purposely exposing written papers to the view of other examination candidates or imaging devices;
(iii) purposely viewing the written papers of other examination
candidates;
(iv) using or having visible at the place of writing any books, papers or other memory aid devices other than those authorized
by the examiner(s); and,
3. No examination candidate shall be permitted to enter the examination room after the expiration of one-half hour from the scheduled
starting time, or to leave during the first half hour of the examination. Should the examination run forty-five (45) minutes or less, no
examination candidate shall be permitted to enter the examination
room once the examination has begun.
(v) using or operating electronic devices including but not limited to telephones, calculators, computers, or similar devices
other than those authorized by the examiner(s)(electronic devices other than those authorized by the examiner(s) must be
completely powered down if present at the place of writing).
6. Examination candidates must not destroy or damage any examination material, must hand in all examination papers, and must not
take any examination material from the examination room without
permission of the examiner or invigilator.
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1. (a) Two lines L1 and L2 in the x, y, z coordinate system are given in symmetric form
as follows:
L1 :
y2
z
x
=
=
,
5
1
1
L2 :
x1
y3
z+1
=
=
,
1
1
1
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(b) Find a normal vector to the plane containing the above lines L1 and L2 .
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(c) Find the equation of the plane containing the above lines L1 and L2 (write as an
equation in terms of x, y, z).
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3 marks
(d) (This part is not related to parts (a), (b), (c).) Find the angle between the plane
x + y = 0 and the vector ~a = h1, 0, 1i.
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y
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(b) Consider the wave equation utt = c2 uxx . Let m be an integer and a real number.
Is u(x, t) = cos(mx) sin(t) a solution for the wave equation? The options are:
Yes, for any values of , m (give a proof).
Yes, but only for special values of , m (describe those values).
No, not for any , m (explain why not).
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(c) Let v(x, t) = e(x+t)/2 . Compute the partial derivatives vxx and vt .
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2 marks
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3. Match each function with its contour plot. In the contour plots, the values of the contours are evenly spaced.
f1 (x, y) = x2 y
f4 (x, y) = x2 + y 2
f3 (x, y) = sin(xy)
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