University Calculus: Early Transcendentals (3rd Edition)

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Chapter 13 - Section 13.8 - Lagrange Multipliers - Exercises - Page 746: 1

Answer

$(\pm \dfrac{1}{\sqrt 2},\dfrac{1}{2}) $ and $(\pm \dfrac{1}{\sqrt 2},-\dfrac{1}{2})$

Work Step by Step

As we are given that $f(x,y) =xy$ and the equation of constraint $g(x,y)=x^2+2y^2-1=0$ since, we have the gradient equation $\nabla =\lambda \nabla g$ Now, $y=2 \lambda x \implies y=\pm \dfrac{1}{2 \sqrt 2}$ and $x=4 \lambda y \implies x=\pm \dfrac{2}{2 \sqrt 2}y$ Now, $g(x,y)=x^2+2y^2-1=0 \implies y= \pm \dfrac{1}{2}; x=\pm \dfrac{1}{\sqrt 2}$ Hence, our points are: $(\pm \dfrac{1}{\sqrt 2},\dfrac{1}{2}) $ and $(\pm \dfrac{1}{\sqrt 2},-\dfrac{1}{2})$
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