Calculus 8th Edition

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Chapter 3 - Applications of Differentiation - 3.7 Optimization Problems - 3.7 Exercises - Page 265: 23

Answer

$\left(-\frac{1}{3},±\frac{4\sqrt 2}{3}\right)$

Work Step by Step

From the figure, we see that there are two points that are farthest away from $A(0,1)$. The distance $d$ from $A$ to an arbitrary point $P(x,y)$ on the ellipse is $d$ = $\sqrt {(x-1)^{2}+(y-0)^{2}}$ and the square of the distance is $S$ = $d^{2}$ = $x^{2}-2x+1+y^{2}$ = $x^{2}-2x+1+(4-4x^{2})$ = $-3x^{2}-2x+5$ $S'$ = $-6x-2$ $S'$ = $0$ $x$ = $-\frac{1}{3}$ $S''$ = $-6$ $\lt$ $0$ so we know that $S$ has a maximum at $x$ = $-\frac{1}{3}$. Since $-1$ $\leq$ $x$ $\leq$ $1$ $S(-1)$ = $4$ $S\left(-\frac{1}{3}\right)$ = $\frac{16}{3}$ $S(1)$ = $0$ We see that the maximum distance is $\sqrt {\frac{16}{3}}$. The corresponding $y$-values are $y$ = $±\sqrt {4-4\left(-\frac{1}{3}\right)^{2}}$ = $±\frac{4\sqrt 2}{3}$ The points are $\left(-\frac{1}{3},±\frac{4\sqrt 2}{3}\right)$.
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