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MA3151 MATRICES AND CALCULUS

QUESTION BANK
UNIT – I
MATRICES
𝟏𝟏 −𝟒 −𝟕
1. Find the Eigen values and Eigenvectors of the matrix 𝑨 = ( 𝟕 −𝟐 −𝟓)
𝟏𝟎 −𝟒 −𝟔
𝟔 −𝟔 𝟓
2. Find the Eigen values and Eigenvectors of the matrix 𝑨 = (𝟏𝟒 −𝟏𝟑 𝟏𝟎)
𝟕 −𝟔 𝟒
7 −2 0
3. Find the Eigen values and Eigenvectors of the matrix 𝐴 = (−2 6 −2)
0 −2 5
3 −1 1
4. Find the Eigen values and Eigenvectors of the matrix 𝐴 = (−1 5 −1)
1 −1 3
8 −6 2
5. Find the Eigen values and Eigenvectors of the matrix 𝐴 = (−6 7 −4)
2 −4 3
𝟏 𝟏 𝟑
𝟒 −𝟏
6. Using Cayley-Hamilton theorem find 𝑨 and 𝑨 , if 𝑨 = ( 𝟏 𝟑 −𝟑)
−𝟐 −𝟒 −𝟒
1 2 3
7. Using Cayley-Hamilton theorem find 𝐴4 and 𝐴−1 , if 𝐴 = (2 2 1)
1 1 3
3 −1 1
4 −1
8. Using Cayley-Hamilton theorem find 𝐴 and 𝐴 , if 𝐴 = (−1 5 −1)
1 −1 3
2 −1 2
4 −1
9. Verify Cayley-Hamilton theorem find 𝐴 and 𝐴 , if 𝐴 = (−1 2 −1)
1 −1 2
10. Use Cayley-Hamilton theorem to find the value of the matrix given by
𝒇(𝑨) = 𝑨𝟖 − 𝟓𝑨𝟕 + 𝟕𝑨𝟔 − 𝟑𝑨𝟓 + 𝑨𝟒 − 𝟓𝑨𝟑 + 𝟖𝑨𝟐 − 𝟐𝑨 + 𝑰 if 𝑨 =
𝟐 −𝟏 𝟐
(−𝟏 𝟐 −𝟏)
𝟏 −𝟏 𝟐
11. Reduce the quadratic form 𝑸 = 𝟔𝒙𝟐 + 𝟑𝒚𝟐 + 𝟑𝒛𝟐 − 𝟒𝒙𝒚 − 𝟐𝒚𝒛 + 𝟒𝒙𝒛
canonical form by an orthogonal reduction. Hence find its nature.
12. Reduce the quadratic form 𝑸 = 𝒙𝟐 + 𝒚𝟐 + 𝒛𝟐 − 𝟐𝒙𝒚 − 𝟐𝒚𝒛 − 𝟐𝒙𝒛 canonical
form by an orthogonal reduction. Hence find its nature.
13. Reduce the quadratic form 2𝑥𝑦 − 2𝑦𝑧 + 2𝑥𝑧 canonical form by an orthogonal
reduction. Hence find its nature.
14. Reduce the quadratic form 𝒙𝟏 𝟐 + 𝟓𝒙𝟐 𝟐 + 𝒙𝟑 𝟐 + 𝟐𝒙𝟏 𝒙𝟐 + 𝟐𝒙𝟐 𝒙𝟑 + 𝟔𝒙𝟏 𝒙𝟑
canonical form by an orthogonal reduction. Hence find its nature.
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2 2
1 + 2𝑥2 + 5𝑥3 − 4𝑥1 𝑥2 + 6𝑥2 𝑥3 − 10𝑥1 𝑥3
canonical form by an orthogonal reduction. Hence find its nature.

Unit II Differential Calculus

1. For what value of the constant C is the function 𝒇 continuous on (−∞, ∞),
𝒄𝒙𝟐 + 𝟐𝒙; 𝒙 < 𝟐
𝒇(𝒙) = { 𝟑 .
𝒙 − 𝒄𝒙; 𝒙 ≥ 𝟐
2. Find the values of a and b that make f continuous on (−∞, ∞). 𝒇(𝒙) =
𝒙𝟑 −𝟖
𝒊𝒇 𝒙 < 𝟐
𝒙−𝟐
{𝒂𝒙𝟐 − 𝒃𝒙 + 𝟑 𝒊𝒇 𝟐 ≤ 𝒙 < 𝟑
𝟐𝒙 − 𝒂 + 𝒃 𝒊𝒇 𝒙 ≥ 𝟑
𝒅𝒚
3. Find if 𝒚 = 𝒙𝟐 𝒆𝟐𝒙 (𝒙𝟐 + 𝟏)𝟒
𝒅𝒙
4. Find 𝒚′′ if 𝒙𝟒 + 𝒚𝟒 = 𝟏𝟔.
𝒃+𝒂𝒄𝒐𝒔𝒙
5. Find the derivative of 𝒇(𝒙) = 𝒄𝒐𝒔−𝟏 ( ).
𝒂+𝒃𝒄𝒐𝒔𝒙
6. Find 𝒚′ for 𝐜𝐨𝐬(𝒙𝒚) = 𝟏 + 𝒔𝒊𝒏𝒚.
7. Find the tangent line to the equation 𝑥 3 + 𝑦 3 = 6𝑥𝑦 at the point (3, 3) and at
what point the tangent line horizontal in the first quadrant.
𝑒 5𝑥 −1
8. Guess the value of the limit (if it exists) for the function lim by evaluating
𝑛→∞ 𝑥
the function at the points 𝑥 = ±0.5, ±0.1, ±0.01 ± 0.001, ±0.0001 (correct to 6
places).
9. For the function 𝒇(𝒙) = 𝟐 + 𝟐𝒙𝟐 − 𝒙𝟒 , find the intervals of increase or
decrease, local maximum and minimum values, the intervals of concavity.
10. For the function 𝒇(𝒙) = 𝟐𝒙𝟑 + 𝟑𝒙𝟐 − 𝟑𝟔𝒙, find the intervals of
increase or decrease, local maximum and minimum values, the intervals of
concavity.
𝟒
11. Find the local maximum and minimum values of 𝒇(𝒙) = √𝒙 − √𝒙
using both first and second derivatives tests.
12. For the function 𝑓(𝑥 ) = 𝑠𝑖𝑛 𝑥 + 𝑐𝑜𝑠 𝑥, 0 ≤ 𝑥 ≤ 2𝜋 (i) find the intervals
on which it is increasing or decreasing (ii) find the local maximum and
minimum values of f (iii) find the intervals of concavity and the inflection
points.
13. Find the local maximum and local minimum of 𝑓(𝑥 ) = 𝑥 4 − 2𝑥 2 + 3.
14. Calculate the absolute maximum and minimum of the function 𝑓(𝑥 ) =
3𝑥 − 4𝑥 3 − 12𝑥 2 + 1 in [−2,3].
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Unit – III FUNCTIONS OF SEVERAL VARIABLES

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𝜕2 𝑢 𝜕2 𝑢 𝜕2 𝑢
1. If 𝑢 = (𝑥 2 + 𝑦 2 + 𝑧 2 )−2 , then evaluate the value of 2 + 2 + .
𝜕𝑥 𝜕𝑦 𝜕𝑧 2
𝑦−𝑥 𝑧−𝑥 𝜕𝑢 𝜕𝑢 𝜕𝑢
2. If 𝑢 = 𝑓 ( , ) find 𝑥 2 + 𝑦2 + 𝑧2 .
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3. If 𝑧 = 𝑓(𝑥, 𝑦) where 𝑥 = 𝑟𝑐𝑜𝑠𝜃, 𝑦 = 𝑟𝑠𝑖𝑛𝜃, then prove that ( ) + ( ) =
𝜕𝑥 𝜕𝑦
𝜕𝑧 2 1 𝜕𝑧 2
( ) + ( ) .
𝜕𝑟 𝑟 2 𝜕𝜃
𝒙𝟐 𝒙𝟑
4. Find the Jacobian of 𝒚𝟏 , 𝒚𝟐 , 𝒚𝟑 with respect to 𝒙𝟏 , 𝒙𝟐 , 𝒙𝟑 if 𝒚𝟏 = , 𝒚𝟐 =
𝒙𝟏
𝒙𝟑 𝒙𝟏 𝒙𝟏 𝒙𝟐
, 𝒚𝟑 = .
𝒙𝟐 𝒙𝟑
𝝏(𝒙,𝒚,𝒛)
5. Find the Jacobian of the transformation 𝒙 = 𝒓𝒔𝒊𝒏𝜽𝒄𝒐𝒔∅, 𝒚 =
𝝏(𝒓,𝜽,∅)
𝒓𝒔𝒊𝒏𝜽𝒔𝒊𝒏∅ and 𝒛 = 𝒓𝒄𝒐𝒔𝜽.
6. A rectangular box open at the top, is to have a volume of 32cc. Find
dimensions of box which requires least amount of material for its
construction.
7. Classify the shortest and the longest, distances from the point (1,2,-1) to the
sphere 𝒙𝟐 + 𝒚𝟐 + 𝒛𝟐 = 𝟐𝟒.
8. Find the maximum volume of the largest rectangular parallelepiped that can be
𝑥2 𝑦2 𝑧2
inscribed in an ellipsoid 2 + 2 + 2 = 1.
𝑎 𝑏 𝑐
9. Find the dimension of the rectangular box without a top of maximum capacity,
whose area is 108squ.cm.
10. Find the minimum distance from the point (1, 2, 0) to the cone 𝑧 2 = 𝑥 2 +𝑦 2 .
11. Expand 𝑥 2 𝑦 2 + 2𝑥 2 𝑦 + 3𝑥𝑦 2 in powers of (𝑥 + 2) and (𝑦 − 1) using
Taylor’s series upto third degree terms.
12. Expand 𝒆𝒙 𝒔𝒊𝒏𝒚 in powers of 𝒙and 𝒚 using Taylor’s series upto third
degree terms.
𝝅
13. Expand 𝒆𝒙 𝒄𝒐𝒔𝒚 about (𝟎, ) using Taylor’s series upto third degree terms
𝟐
14. Find Taylor’s series expansion of function of 𝑓(𝑥, 𝑦) = √1 + 𝑥 2 + 𝑦 2 in
powers of (𝑥 − 1) and 𝑦 upto second degree terms.
15. Obtain Taylor’s series expansion of 𝒙𝟑 +𝒚𝟑 + 𝒙𝒚𝟐 in terms powers of (𝒙 −
𝟏) and (𝒚 − 𝟐) upto third degree terms
16. Find the maxima and minima of 𝒇(𝒙, 𝒚) = 𝒙𝟑 + 𝒚𝟑 − 𝟑𝒙 − 𝟏𝟐𝒚 + 𝟐𝟎.
17. Find the maxima and minima of 𝒇(𝒙, 𝒚) = 𝟑𝒙𝟐 − 𝒚𝟐 + 𝒙𝟑 .
18. Examine 𝒇(𝒙, 𝒚) = 𝒙𝟑 + 𝟑𝒙𝒚𝟐 − 𝟏𝟓𝒙𝟐 − 𝟏𝟓𝒚𝟐 + 𝟕𝟐𝒙 for extreme values.
19. Find the maxima and minima of 𝑓(𝑥, 𝑦) = 𝑥 4 + 𝑦 4 − 2𝑥 2 + 4𝑥𝑦 − 2𝑦 2 .
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20. Find the maxima and minima of 𝑓(𝑥, 𝑦) = 𝑥 2 + 𝑥𝑦 + 𝑦 2 + + .
𝑥 𝑦
Unit – IV Integral Calculus.
𝟐𝒙+𝟓
1. Evaluate ∫ 𝒅𝒙.
√ 𝒙𝟐 −𝟐𝒙+𝟏𝟎
𝑥
2. Evaluate ∫ 𝑑𝑥
√𝑥 2 +𝑥+1
𝟐
𝟑 𝒅𝒙
3. Find ∫ √𝟐 𝒙𝟓 √𝟗𝒙𝟐 −𝟏
𝟑
𝝅
𝟖
4. Evaluate ∫𝟎 𝒔𝒊𝒏 𝒙 𝒅𝒙
𝟐
𝜋
5. Find ∫0 𝑥 𝑡𝑎𝑛2 𝑥 𝑑𝑥.
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6. Establish a reduction formula
𝝅
∫𝟎 𝒔𝒊𝒏𝒏 𝒙 𝒅𝒙.
𝟐

7. Establish a reduction formula for 𝑰𝒏 = ∫ 𝒄𝒐𝒔𝒏 𝒙 𝒅𝒙. Hence, find

𝝅
∫𝟎 𝒄𝒐𝒔𝒏 𝒙 𝒅𝒙.
𝟐

8. Establish a reduction formula for 𝑰𝒏 = ∫ 𝒔𝒆𝒄𝒏 𝒙 𝒅𝒙. and 𝑰𝒏 = ∫ 𝒕𝒂𝒏𝒏 𝒙 𝒅𝒙.

𝜋
9. Evaluate ∫0 𝑠𝑖𝑛8 𝑥 𝑑𝑥
2
𝝅
𝒔𝒊𝒏𝒙 𝒄𝒐𝒔𝒙
10. Evaluate ∫𝟎 𝟐 𝒅𝒙
𝐜𝐨𝐬 𝟐 𝒙+𝟑𝒄𝒐𝒔𝒙+𝟐
(𝒍𝒏 𝒙)𝟐
11. Evaluate ∫ 𝒅𝒙
𝒙𝟐
𝜋
12. Evaluate ∫0 𝑐𝑜𝑠 5 𝑥 𝑑𝑥.
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𝒕𝒂𝒏𝒙
13. Evaluate ∫ 𝒅𝒙
𝒔𝒆𝒄𝒙+𝒕𝒂𝒏𝒙
𝒕𝒂𝒏𝒙
14. Evaluate ∫ 𝒅𝒙.
𝒔𝒆𝒄𝒙−𝒕𝒂𝒏𝒙
15.
∞
16. Evaluate ∫𝟎 𝒆−𝒂𝒙 𝒔𝒊𝒏𝒃𝒙 𝒅𝒙 (𝒂 > 𝟎) using integration by parts
∞
17. Evaluate ∫𝟎 𝒆−𝒂𝒙 𝒄𝒐𝒔𝒃𝒙 𝒅𝒙 (𝒂 > 𝟎) using integration by parts
𝑥 2 +𝑥+1
18. Evaluate ∫ (𝑥−1)2 𝑑𝑥
(𝑥−2)
𝒙𝟒 −𝟐𝒙𝟐 +𝟒𝒙+𝟏
19. Evaluate ∫ 𝒅𝒙
𝒙𝟑 −𝒙𝟐 −𝒙+𝟏
𝑥 +𝑥 2 +2𝑥+1
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20. 𝐸𝑣𝑎𝑙𝑢𝑎𝑡𝑒 ∫ dx by partical fraction method
(𝑥 2 +1)(𝑥 2 +2)
∞ 1
21. For what value of p is ∫0 𝑑𝑥 convergent?
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UNIT – V MULTIPLE INTEGRALS

𝒂 𝟐√𝒂𝒙
1. Change of order of integration for the given integral ∫𝟎 ∫𝟎 𝒙𝟐 𝒅𝒚 𝒅𝒙 and
evaluate it.
𝟒𝒂 𝟐√𝒂𝒙
2. Change of order of integration for the given integral ∫𝟎 ∫𝒙𝟐 𝒙𝒚𝒅𝒚 𝒅𝒙
𝟒𝒂
and evaluate it.
𝒂 𝟐𝒂−𝒙
3. Change of order of integration for the given integral ∫𝟎 ∫𝒙𝟐 𝒙𝒚𝒅𝒚 𝒅𝒙 and
𝒂
evaluate it.
4. Evaluate by change of order of integration for the given integral
𝑦 2
∞ 𝑦 −
∫0 ∫0 𝑦𝑒 𝑥 𝑑𝑦 𝑑𝑥 and evaluate it.
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5. Evaluate by change of order of integration for the given integral ∫1 ∫0𝑥 𝑥 2 𝑑𝑦 𝑑𝑥
and evaluate it
6. Using double integral find the area bounded by 𝒚 = 𝒙 and 𝒚 = 𝒙𝟐 .
𝒙𝟐 𝒚𝟐
7. Find the area of the ellipse
𝒂 𝟐 + 𝒃𝟐
= 𝟏.
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8. Find by double integration, the
𝒙𝟐 = 𝟒𝒂𝒚.
9. Evaluate ∬ 𝑥𝑦𝑑𝑥𝑑𝑦 over the positive quadrant of the circle. 𝑥 2 + 𝑦 2 = 𝑎2 .
𝒂 𝒂 𝒙
10. Evaluate by changing to polar coordinates ∫𝟎 ∫𝒚 𝟐 𝟐 𝒅𝒙𝒅𝒚 .
𝒙 +𝒚
𝑎 𝑎 𝑥2
11. Express ∫0 ∫𝑦 3 𝑑𝑥 𝑑𝑦 in polar coordinates and then evaluate it
(𝑥 2 +𝑦2 )2
12. Find, using a double integral , the area of the cardioid 𝒓 = 𝒂(𝟏 + 𝒄𝒐𝒔𝜽).
13. Calculate the area which is inside the cardioids 𝑟 = 2(1 + 𝑐𝑜𝑠𝜃) and outside the
circle 𝑟 = 2.
14. Evaluate ∭ 𝒙𝒚𝒛 𝒅𝒙𝒅𝒚𝒅𝒛 over the first octant of 𝒙𝟐 + 𝒚𝟐 + 𝒛𝟐 = 𝒂𝟐 .
𝒙𝟐 𝒚𝟐 𝒛𝟐
15. Find the volume of that portion of the ellipsoid 𝟐 + 𝟐 + 𝟐 = 𝟏 which lies
𝒂 𝒃 𝒄
in the first octant.
16. Compute the volume bounded by the cylinder 𝒙𝟐 + 𝒚𝟐 = 𝟒 and the planes
𝒛 = 𝟎, 𝒚 + 𝒛 = 𝟒.
17. Find the area bounded by the parabolas 𝑦 2 = 4 − 𝑥 and 𝑦 2 = 𝑥.
18. Evaluate ∭𝑣 𝑑𝑥 𝑑𝑦 𝑑𝑧, where V is the finite region of space (tetrahedron)
bounded by the planes 𝑥 = 0, 𝑦 = 0, 𝑧 = 0 and 2𝑥 + 3𝑦 + 4𝑧 = 12.
∞ ∞ 𝟐 𝟐
19. By changing to polar coordinates, evaluate ∫𝟎 ∫𝟎 𝒆−(𝒙 +𝒚 ) 𝒅𝒙 𝒅𝒚.
𝟐 √𝟐𝒙−𝒙𝟐
20. Evaluate ∫𝟎 ∫𝟎 (𝒙𝟐 + 𝒚𝟐 )𝒅𝒚 𝒅𝒙 by changing into polar coordinates.

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