Calculus: Early Transcendentals 8th Edition

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

Chapter 14 - Section 14.8 - Lagrange Multipliers - 14.8 Exercise - Page 977: 23

Answer

Maximum: $f(\pm 1/\sqrt 2, \mp 1/(2\sqrt2))=e^{1/4}$ and Minimum: $f(\pm 1/\sqrt 2, \pm 1/(2\sqrt2))=e^{-1/4}$

Work Step by Step

Our aim is to calculate the extreme values with the help of Lagrange Multipliers Method subject to the given constraints. For this, we have:$\nabla f(x,y)=\lambda \nabla g(x,y)$ This yields $\nabla f(x,y)=\lt -ye^{-xy},-xe^{-xy} \gt$ and $\lambda g(x,y)= \lt 2x,8y \gt$ Using the constraint condition $x^2+4y^2 \leq 1$ we get, $x^2= \dfrac{1}{2}$ and $x= \pm \dfrac{1}{\sqrt 2}$ Also, $\nabla f(x,y)=\lt -ye^{-xy},-xe^{-xy} \gt$ and $\lambda g(x,y)= \lt 2x,8y \gt$ we get $x=0,,y=0$ Hence, Maximum: $f(\pm 1/\sqrt 2, \mp 1/(2\sqrt2))=e^{1/4}$ and Minimum: $f(\pm 1/\sqrt 2, \pm 1/(2\sqrt2))=e^{-1/4}$
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