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Tutorial Sheet 6

This document is a tutorial sheet for a calculus class that provides 12 problems related to optimization and finding extrema of functions. The problems cover topics like classifying local extrema, finding absolute maxima and minima on bounded domains, using Lagrange multipliers to find extrema subject to constraints, and solving applied optimization problems to minimize costs.

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Tutorial Sheet 6

This document is a tutorial sheet for a calculus class that provides 12 problems related to optimization and finding extrema of functions. The problems cover topics like classifying local extrema, finding absolute maxima and minima on bounded domains, using Lagrange multipliers to find extrema subject to constraints, and solving applied optimization problems to minimize costs.

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Indian Institute of Technology Ropar

Department of Mathematics
MA101 - Calculus

Tutorial Sheet - 6 Optimization Date: December 19, 2022

1. Classify the local extremum of the following functions:

(a) f (x, y) = x2 y − 2xy 2 + 3xy + 4.


(b) f (x, y) = 2(x − y)2 − x4 − y 4 .
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2. Verify that x3 y 2 (1 − x − y) has a maximum at

2, 3 .

3. Find all the local maxima, local minima and saddle points of the following functions:
(a) f (x, y) = x2 + xy + y 2 + 3x − 3y + 4.
(b) f (x, y) = x2 + 3xy + 3y 2 − 6x + 3y − 6.

4. Find the absolute maxima and minima of the functions on the given domain:
(a)f (x, y) = 2x2 + y 2 − 4x − 4y + 1 on the closed triangular plane bounded by the lines
x = 0, y = 2, y = 2x in the first quadrant.
(b) f (x, y) = x2 − xy + y 2 + 1 on the closed triangular plane bounded by the lines
x = 0, y = 4, y = x in the first quadrant.

5. Find the maximum value of sin A sin B sin C, if A, B, C are the angles of triangle.

6. Using the method of Lagrange Multipliers, find the greatest and smallest values that the function
x2 y 2
f (x, y) = xy takes on the ellipse + = 1.
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7. Find the numbers a and b with a ≤ b such that (24 − 2x − x2 )1/3 dx has its largest value.
a

8. Find the minimum distance from


(a) the origin to a point on the plane x + 3y − z = 6.
(b) the point (1, 2, 0) to the cone z 2 = x2 + y 2 .

9. Let f : R → R be continuous at x = 0 and satisfy the equation f (x)+f ( 23 x) = x. Let g : R2 → R


be a function defined by g(x, y) = (f (x) + f (y))2 . Find g(x, y) and its minimum value.

10. Assume that among all rectangular boxes with fixed surface area of 10 square meters there is a
box of largest possible volume. Find its dimensions.

11. The Baraboo, Wisconsin, plant of International Widget Co. uses aluminum, iron, and magne-
sium to produce high-quality widgets. The quantity of widgets which may be produced using x
tons of aluminum, y tons of iron and z tons of magnesium is Q(x, y, z) = xyz. The cost of raw
materials is aluminum $6 per ton, iron $4 per ton and magnesium $8 per ton. How many tons
of each of aluminum, iron, and magnesium should be used to manufacture 1000 widgets at the
lowest possible cost?

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12. Find the maximum and minimum value of sin(xy) defined on R2 and show that the cardinality
of the set S = {(x, y) ∈ R2 : sin(xy) attains maximum or minimum} is not finite.
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