Consider .
  • The domain is .
  • The range is .

Give a description of the level curve that passes through in terms of and .

The level curve that passes through the point is depicted in the figure below.

This level curve is a linea planea parabolaa circlean ellipsea hyperbola .

Does the curve parameterized by lie on a level curve of ?
Yes. No.

Give a parameterization of the curve on the surface that lies above .

If lies on a level curve of , then should be constant along . Along , we have and so , which isis not constant.

To find the curve on the surface above the curve, note that and . We can use the function to write in terms of .