Calculus: Early Transcendentals 8th Edition

Published by Cengage Learning
ISBN 10: 1285741552
ISBN 13: 978-1-28574-155-0

Chapter 14 - Section 14.7 - Maximum and Minimum Values - 14.7 Exercise - Page 969: 43

Answer

$(2,1,\sqrt {5}), (2,1,-\sqrt {5})$

Work Step by Step

From the question, we have $z=\sqrt {x^2+y^2}$ ....(1) Distance $d=\sqrt{x-l)^2+(y-m)^2+(z-n)^2}$ Thus, $d=\sqrt{(x-4)^2+(y-2)^2+(x^2+y^2)}$ [From equation (1)] $F=d^2=(x-4)^2+(y-2)^2+(x^2+y^2)$ This implies, $F_x=4x-8, F_y=4y-4$ After solving for $x$ and $y$, we get $x=2$ and $y=1$ Thus, $z=x^2+y^2=2^2+1^2=\pm \sqrt {5}$ The required points are: $(2,1,\sqrt {5}), (2,1,-\sqrt {5})$
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