Exercise · ZW-PARAMETRIC-SURFACE-006 · ★★☆ Intermediate

The tangent plane to \(\mathbf r(u,v)=\langle u,\,v,\,u^2+v^2\rangle\) at the point \((1,1,2)\) is:

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  • A. \(z=2x+2y-2\)

Explanation

The normal is \(\langle-2,-2,1\rangle\), so \(-2(x-1)-2(y-1)+(z-2)=0\), that is, \(z=2x+2y-2\).

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A parametric surface is the set of points in space described by a vector function \(\mathbf r\) of two parameters \(u\) and \(v\) as they range over a region \(D\) of the plane.

\[\mathbf r(u,v)=\langle x(u,v),\,y(u,v),\,z(u,v)\rangle,\quad (u,v)\in D\]

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