University Calculus: Early Transcendentals (3rd Edition)

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ISBN 13: 978-0-32199-958-0

Chapter 13 - Practice Exercises - Page 751: 66

Answer

Saddle Point of $f(0,-1)=2$

Work Step by Step

We have $f_x(x,y)=10x+4y+4=0, f_y(x,y)=4x-4y-4=0$ Solving the above equations leads to the critical point: $(0,-1)$ We will take the help of second derivative test, for $(0,-1)$ $D=f_{xx}f_{yy}-f^2_{xy}=(10)(-4)-(4)^2=-56 \lt 0$ Thus, we have: saddle Point of $f(0,-1)=2$
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