BEKG 2443 - Engineering Mathematics II

Tutorial 2 (Chapter 1)
Lecturer: Mohd Shahrizan bin Othman

1. Find the following limits. If a limit does not exist, say so, and use the symbols ∞ or
−∞ if appropriate.

(a) lim x2 − 6x + 1 (b) lim x2 + 3x − 7

x→2 x→3

x2 − 9
(c) lim x3 + x2 − 3 (d) lim
x→−1 x→3 x − 3

x2 + 2x + 1 x2 + 3x − 10
(e) lim (f ) lim
x→−1 x+1 x→2 x−2
3 − x2 7 + x3 − x4
(g) lim (h) lim
x→∞ 1 + 2x2 x→∞ −2 + 3x2 + 5x4

1 + x + 5x2
(i) lim
x→−∞ −3 + x − 3x3

2. Evaluate the following limits:

x+y x2 /9 − y 2
(a) lim (b) lim
(x,y)→(−2,2) −2xy (x,y)→(3,−1) x/3 + y

x4 − y 4 x+y−1
(c) lim (d) lim √
(x,y)→(0,0) x2 + y 2 (x,y)→(0,1) x+y−1
x2 − 2xy + y 2 xy − y − 2x + 2
(e) lim (f ) lim
(x,y)→(1,1) x−y (x,y)→(1,1) x−1
3x2 + 3y x2 − 4y 2
(g) lim (h) lim
(x,y)→(1,2) 4xy 2 (x,y)→(2,1) x − 2y

cos(x + y) sin(x + y)
(i) lim (j) lim
(x,y)→(π,π) x+y (x,y)→(π,π/2) 2xy

3. Evaluate the limit of the following functions when (x, y) → (0, 0):

2 3
x4 − y 4
(a) ln(1 + x y ) (b) 2
x + y2
xy 4 − 3 x2 + y 2
(c) (d) p
2 + x2 y x2 + y 2 + 1 − 1
sin(x2 + y 2 )
(e)
x2 + y 2
4. Show the limit does not exist for the following functions:

2x2 − y 2 2x2 − y 2
(a) lim (b) lim
(x,y)→(0,0) x2 − 2y 2 (x,y)→(0,0) x2 + 2y 2

2xy 4x2 y
(c) lim (d) lim
(x,y)→(0,0) x + y 2
2 (x,y)→(0,0) x3 + y 3

x2 xy cos y
(e) lim (f ) lim
(x,y)→(0,0) x2 + y 2 (x,y)→(0,0) 3x2 + y 2

xy x2 + 2y 2
(g) lim (h) lim
(x,y)→(0,0) x2 + y 2 (x,y)→(0,0) x2 + y 2

√
e x
5. Find the area R in which the function f (x, y) = is continuous.
2x − 3y
ln(x + 1)
6. Find the area R in which the function f (x, y) = is continuous.
y2 − 4
7. Show that the function is not continuous at (0, 0) if
 2 2
 x + 2y
if (x, y) 6= (0, 0),
f (x, y) = x2 + y 2
0 if (x, y) = (0, 0).
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8. Show that the function is not continuous at (0, 0) if


2x
if (x, y) 6= (0, 0),

f (x, y) = x2 + x + y 2
0 if (x, y) = (0, 0).
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