University Calculus: Early Transcendentals (3rd Edition)

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Chapter 13 - Section 13.7 - Extreme Values and Saddle Points - Exercises - Page 737: 18

Answer

Two Saddle points at $(0,1)$ and $(3,-2)$ Local minimum point at $f(3,1)=-34$ and Local maximum point at $f(0,-2)=20$

Work Step by Step

Since, we have $f_x(x,y)=6x^2-18x=0, f_y(x,y)=6y^2+6y-12=0$ After solving the above two equations, we get The critical point is: $(0,-2),(0,1),(3,-2), (3,1)$ As per the second derivative test, for $(0,-2)$ we have $D=f_{xx}f_{yy}-f^2_{xy}=180$ and $D=180 \gt 0$ and $f_{xx} \gt 0$ Thus, we have: Local minimum point at $f(2,1)=-30$ As per the second derivative test, for $(-2,-1)$ we have $D=f_{xx}f_{yy}-f^2_{xy}=180$ and $D=180 \gt 0$ and $f_{xx} \lt 0$ Thus, we have: Local maximum point at $f(-2,-1)=30$ As per the second derivative test, for $(0,\sqrt 5)$ we have $D=f_{xx}f_{yy}-f^2_{xy}=-180$ and $D=-180 \lt 0$ Thus, we have: Saddle point at $(0,1)$ Now, for $(3,-2)$ , we have $D=f_{xx}f_{yy}-f^2_{xy}=-180$ and $D=-180 \lt 0$ Hence, we have: two Saddle points at $(0,1)$ and $(3,-2)$ Local minimum point at $f(3,1)=-34$ and Local maximum point at $f(0,-2)=20$
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