Freshmen Engineering Department
Department of Mathematics
Unit-III Practice Questions:
1. Find c of the Cauchy’s Mean Value Theorem for 𝑓(𝑥) = √𝑥 and L3 CO3
1
𝑔(𝑥) = 𝑥 in [a,b] where 0 < a < b.
√
2. Verify Cauchy’s Mean Value theorem for f(x) = sinx, g(𝑥) = cosx L3 CO3
−𝜋
in [ 2 , 0].
3. Find the value of c of the Cauchy’s Mean Value theorem for L3 CO3
f(x) = 𝑒 𝑥 and g(𝑥) = 𝑒 −𝑥 in [a,b].
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4. Verify Taylor’s theorem for 𝑓(𝑥) = (1 − 𝑥)2 with Lagrange’s L2 CO3
form of remainder up to 2 terms in the interval [0, 1].
5. 1 L3 CO3
Verify Taylor’s theorem for 𝑓(𝑥) = 𝑥 3 − 3𝑥 2 + 2𝑥 in [0, 2] with
Lagrange’s form of remainder up to 2 term.
𝜋
6. Obtain the Taylor’s series expansion of sin x in powers of 𝑥 − 4 . L3 CO3
7. Obtain the Taylor’s series expansion of 𝑒 𝑥 about x = -1. L3 CO3
8. Expand tan−1 𝑥 in powers of (𝑥 − 1). L3 CO3
−1
9. Expand (i) 𝑒 𝑥 (ii) sin x (iii) log(1 − 𝑥) (iv) 𝑒 tan 𝑥 (v) 𝑠𝑖𝑛2 𝑥 L3 CO3
about origin.
10. Discuss the continuity of the function L2 CO3
2𝑥𝑦
, (𝑥, 𝑦) ≠ (0,0)
𝑓(𝑥) = { 2 +𝑦 2
𝑥
0, (𝑥, 𝑦) = (0,0).
11. 𝜕𝑓 𝜕𝑓 L2 CO3
Find , for 𝑓(𝑥, 𝑦) = 𝑙𝑜𝑔√𝑥 2 + 𝑦 2 .
𝜕𝑥 𝜕𝑦
12. If 𝑤 = 𝑥 2 𝑦 + 𝑦 2 𝑧 + 𝑧 2 𝑥, then prove that L2 CO3
𝑤𝑥 + 𝑤𝑦 + 𝑤𝑧 = (𝑥 + 𝑦 + 𝑧)2 .
13. 𝜕𝑤 𝜕𝑤 𝜕𝑤 L2 CO3
If 𝑤 = (𝑦 − 𝑧)(𝑧 − 𝑥)(𝑥 − 𝑦), find the value of + + .
𝜕𝑥 𝜕𝑥 𝜕𝑧
14. If 𝑈 = log(𝑥 3 + 𝑦 3 + 𝑧 3 − 3𝑥𝑦𝑧) prove that L2 CO3
𝜕 𝜕 𝜕 −9
( + + )2 𝑈 = .
𝜕𝑥 𝜕𝑦 𝜕𝑧 (𝑥 + 𝑦 + 𝑧)2
