AMIT RANJAN

Unacademy IIT JAM Partial Derivatives 2021-06-23

1 Partial Derivatives
Let z= f(x,y) be a function of two variables x and y and if we keep y constant and vary x alone then z is a
function of x only. The derivative of z with respect to x keeping y a constant is called partial derivative of z
with respect to x only.

Question 1

Find the first and second order partial derivatives of :

z = x3 + y 3 − 3axy

Question 2

if U= x2 tan−1 xy − y 2 tan−1 xy

Then prove that

∂2U x2 − y 2
= 2
∂x∂y x + y2

Question 3

if Z = f (x + ct) + φ(x − ct)

Then which of the following is true

∂2Z ∂2z
a. ∂t2 = c2 ∂x2

∂2Z c∂ 2 z
b. ∂t2 = ∂x2

∂2Z c2 ∂ 2 z
c. ∂t2 = ∂x2

∂2Z ∂2z
d. ∂t2 = c∂x2

Question 4
r2
if θ = tn+1 e− 4t

For what value of n

1 ∂(r2 ∂θ
∂r ) ∂θ
=
r2 ∂r ∂t

a. 1

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b. -3/2

c. 3/2

d. None

Question 5

if Z(x,y) = x2 + y 2 then

∂z ∂z 2
( ∂x − ∂y ) is equal to

∂z ∂z
a. 2(1 − ∂x − ∂y )

∂z ∂z
b. 4(1 − ∂x − ∂y )

∂z ∂z
c. (1 − ∂x − ∂y )

∂2Z
d. 4(1 − ∂x2 )

Question 6

If u = f(r) and x= rcosθ and y = rsinθ then prove that

0
∂2u ∂2u f (r)
2
+ 2 = f ” (r) +
∂x ∂y r

Question 7

u = sin( xy ) , x = et , y = t2

prove that

du ∂u dx ∂u dy
= . + .
dt ∂x dt ∂y dt

Question 8

if ux + vy= 0

and ux + yv = 1 then

∂u ∂v
−
∂x ∂y
is equal to
x2 −y 2
a. x2 +y 2

x2 +y 2
b. x2 −y 2

2
 2xy
c. x2 +y 2

2xy
d. x2 −y 2

Question 9

If

x1/3 + y 1/3
z=
x1/2 + y 1/2
then
∂z ∂z
x +y = nz
∂x ∂y

The value of n is

a. -1/6

b. 1/6

c. 1/3

d. -1/3

Question 10

if
x + 2y + 3z
u = sin−1 p
x8 + y 8 + z 8
∂u ∂u ∂u
x +y +z = −ntanu
∂x ∂y ∂z

the value of n is

a. 3

b. -3

c. 6

d. -6

Question 11

If
1 1 logx − logy
f (x, y) = + +
x2 xy x2 + y 2
then
∂f ∂f
x +y = nf
∂x ∂y

the value of n is equal to

a. 2

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b. -2

c. 3

d. -1

Question 12

Solve the following differential equation

∂2z
+z =0
∂x2

∂z
where x=0, z= exp(y) and ∂x =1

Question 13

If z= xyln(xy) then

∂z ∂z
a. x ∂x = y ∂y

∂z ∂z
b. y ∂x + y ∂y =0

∂z ∂z
c. x ∂x = −y ∂y

∂z ∂z
d. y ∂x = −y ∂y =0

Question 14

if
y x
z = x2 tan−1 ( ) − y 2 tan−1 ( )
x y

then

∂2z
∂y∂x is equal to
x−y
a. x+y

x2 +y 2
b. x2 −y 2

x+y
c. x−y

x2 −y 2
d. x2 +y 2

Question 15

if u = xn−1 yf ( xy ) Then
2 2
x ∂∂xu2 + y ∂y∂x
∂ u
is

a. (n − 1) ∂u
∂y

b. (n − 1) ∂u
∂x

c. n(n-1) u

d. nu

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Question 16

x y
z = xsin( ) + ysin( )
y x
where x and y are not equal to 0. then

∂z ∂z
x +y
∂x ∂y
is equal to

a. 0

b. z

c. 2z

d. -z

Question 17

if u= f(t) and v= f(t) and t = φ(x, y) then

∂u ∂v ∂u ∂v
a. ∂x ∂y = ∂y ∂x

∂u ∂u ∂v ∂v
b. ∂x ∂y = ∂y ∂x

∂2u ∂2u
c. ∂x2 = ∂y 2

d. None

Question 18

if U= Sin−1 √x+y
√ then
x+ y

∂2u ∂2u 2
2∂ u
x2 + 2xy + y
∂x2 ∂x∂y ∂y 2

a. - sinucos2u
ucos3 u

b. - sin2ucosu
ucos3 u

sinucosu
c. ucos2 u

d. - sin2ucos2u
ucos3 u

Question 19

If w= f(u,v) where u= x+y and v= x-y then

∂w ∂w
∂x + ∂y is equal to

∂w
a. ∂x

b. 2 ∂w
∂u

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 ∂w
c. ∂u

d. 2 ∂w
∂v

Question 20

If U = G−1 (xn + f ( xy ))

then x ∂u ∂u
∂x + y ∂y is equal to

a. n(n-1)

b. n(n − 1) GG(u)
0 (u)

c. n(n-1)G’(u)
nG(u)
d. G”(u)

Question 21
3 3
if U= tan−1 ( xx+y
+y
) then x ∂u ∂y
∂x + y ∂y is equal to

a. cos2u

b. tan2u

c. sin2u

d. cot2u

Question 22
4 4
if u = log( xx+y
+y
) then x ∂u ∂u
∂x + y ∂y is equal to

a. 1

b. 2

c. 3

d. 4

Question 23
2 2 2 2
If u = tan−1 yx Then x2 ∂∂xu2 + 2xy ∂x∂y
∂ u
+ y 2 ∂∂yu2 is equal to
−xy 2
a. x2 +y 4

2xy 6
b. (x2 +y 4 )2
6
c. - (x22xy
+y 4 )2

xy 2
d. x2 +y 4

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Question 24

If u= log(tan x + tan y + tan z) then, (sin2x)ux + (sin2y)uy + (sin2z)uz is equal to

Question 25
∂2f
if f = y x then ∂x∂y at x=2, y= 1 is equal to

Question 26

if Z = 2(ax + by)2 − (x2 + y 2 ) and a2 + b2 = 1 then

∂2z ∂2z
∂x2 + ∂y 2 is equal to

Question 27

If f(x,y) = xln( xy ) where (x,y) is not equal to 0. then

x2 fxx + 2xyfxy + y 2 fyy is equal to

Question 28

If z = exp(ax+by)f(ax-by) Then

∂z ∂z
b ∂x + a ∂y = nabz Then n is equal to

Question 29

if V = ln(x2 + y 2 ) then Vxx + Vyy is equal to

a. 1

b. 0

c. xy

d. x2 y 2

Question 30

If u = cos−1 √x+y
√ then x ∂u + y ∂u is equal to
x+ y ∂x ∂y

a. cotu

b. -cot u

c. cotu/2

d. -cotu/2

Question 31

f(x,y) = x3 + y 3 − 63(x + y) + 12xy then

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a. function has maximum at (-7,7)

b. function has minimum at (-7,7)

c. Function has minimum at (3,3)

d. Function has minimum at (-3,-3)

Question 32

f(x,y) = x2 − y 2 + 2x + 4y + 10 then at (-1,2) it has

a. maxima

b. minima

c. Neither maxima nor minima

d. can not be determined

Question 33

f (x, y) = x2 + 4y 2 − 2x + 8y − 1 has a minima at

a. (0,1)

b. (1,0)

c. (-1,1)

d. (1,-1)

Question 34
∂f
Let f(x,y) = xy(x-y) and x= t(t-u) and y= u(u-t) then the value of ∂t at (t,u) = (1,-1) is

a. 8

b. 4

c. 12

d. 6

Question 35

∂2z 2
∂ z
if z = f(x+ay) + φ(x − ay) then ∂y 2 = α ∂x 2 then α is equal to

a. a2

b. 1/a2

c. a

d. 1/a

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Question 36

if f(x,y) = ln(xtan−1 y) then fxy is

a. −1/x2

b. 0

c. 1/x2

d. none

Question 37

If f(x,y,z) = (x2 + y 2 + z 2 )−1/2 then fxx + fyy + fzz is

a. 0

b. 1

c. -1

d. none