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Tutorial Sheet 7

The document is a tutorial sheet from the Indian Institute of Technology (BHU) Varanasi covering topics on Maxima-Minima in Engineering Mathematics. It includes various problems related to finding local maxima, minima, saddle points, and optimizing functions under constraints. The problems involve functions of two or three variables and geometric constraints like ellipses and circles.

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Tutorial Sheet 7

The document is a tutorial sheet from the Indian Institute of Technology (BHU) Varanasi covering topics on Maxima-Minima in Engineering Mathematics. It includes various problems related to finding local maxima, minima, saddle points, and optimizing functions under constraints. The problems involve functions of two or three variables and geometric constraints like ellipses and circles.

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Indian Institute of Technology (BHU) Varanasi

MA 101: Engineering Mathematics I

Tutorial Sheet 7

Topics Covered: Maxima-Minima (Unit III)

1. Find the local maxima, local minima and saddle points of the
function a. 𝑓(𝑥, 𝑦) = 𝑥2 + 𝑥𝑦 + 𝑦2 + 3𝑥 − 3𝑦 + 4
1
b. 𝑓(𝑥, 𝑦) =
𝑥2+𝑦2−1

2. Find the two numbers a and b with 𝑎 ≤ 𝑏 such that


𝑏
∫𝑎 (6 − 𝑥 − 𝑥2)2 𝑑𝑥

has the largest value.

3. Find the maxima, minima and saddle points of 𝑓(𝑥, 𝑦), if


𝑓𝑥(𝑥, 𝑦) = 2𝑥 − 4𝑦 and 𝑓𝑦(𝑥, 𝑦) = 2𝑦 − 4𝑥.

4. Find the absolute maximum and minimum values of the function 𝑓(𝑥, 𝑦) = 𝑥 + 𝑦 on the curves
(a) the semi circle: 𝑥 2 + 𝑦2 = 4 ,𝑦 ≥ 0
(b) the quarter circle: 𝑥2 + 𝑦2 = 4, 𝑥 ≥ 0, 𝑦 ≥ 0

5. Find the points on the ellipse 𝑥 2 + 2𝑦2 = 1 where 𝑓(𝑥, 𝑦) = 𝑥𝑦 gets its extreme values.

6. Find the point on the plane 𝑥 + 2𝑦 + 3𝑧 = 13 closest to the point (1, 1, 1).

7. Maximize the function 𝑓(𝑥, 𝑦, 𝑧) = 𝑥 2 + 2𝑦 − 𝑧2 subject to the constraints


2𝑥 − 𝑦 = 0 and 𝑦 + 𝑧 = 0.

8. Minimize 𝑓(𝑥, 𝑦, 𝑧) = 𝑥𝑦 + 𝑦𝑧 subject to the constraint 𝑥2 + 𝑦2 − 2 = 0 and 𝑥2 + 𝑧2 − 2 = 0.

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