Question: 2 . ( TM 1 - 4 0 ; 5 pts total ) The height of a hill in meters is given by z 2

2.(TM 1-40; 5 pts total) The height of a hill in meters is given by z 2xy 3x24y218x `
28y `12, where x is the distance east and y is the distance north of the origin.
(a)(1 pt) Where is the top of the hill?
(b)(1 pt) What is the elevation at the peak?
(c)(1 pt) How steep is the hill at x y 1, that is, what is the angle between a vector
perpendicular to the hill and the z axis?
(d)(2 pts) In which compass direction is the slope at x y 1 the steepest?

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