Universidad Tecnológica de Chihuahua, Unidad BIS 

Subject: Mathematics for engineering            Quarter: Jan-Apr 2021          Teacher: M.B.A.Q.P. Cecilia Villanueva 

Student’s name:_____Brandom Rodriguez Borquez_________________________________    Group: __IDGSBIS71N___ 

UNIT 2. Partial derivatives

EVIDENCE 3: Maxima, Minima and Lagrange.
Instructions: Solve the following problems about Maximums, Minimums and Lagrange, include all the
steps and procedures following the examples I explained in class.

1. Obtain the Critical Points of the function and indicate if they are Maximum, Minimum or
Saddle point
3 2
f ( x , y )=3 x + y −9 x+ 4 y

f x =9 x 2−9 f y =2 y + 4 f xx=18 x f yy=2 f xy =0 f yx=0

2 2 2
Eq .1=9 x −9=0→3 x −3=0→ x −1=0 Eq .2=2 y + 4→ y +2
2
x −1=0 y+ 2=0 CP 1 =(1 ,−2)
x=√ 1 Critical points:
y=−2 CP 2 =(−1 ,−2)
x=1 also x=−1

D=18 x ( 2)−0 2 →36 x

Evaluating CP 1 Evaluating CP 2
f xx =18(1)→18 f xx=18(−1)→−18 CP 1 is a minimum point
f yy=2 fyy =2 CP 2 is a saddle point
D=36 (1)→36 D=36 (−1)→−36

2. Use Lagrange to obtain the Maxima or Minima of the function given the condition.

f ( x , y )=2 x 2+ y 2−xy Condition: x + y=3

2 2
L( x , y , λ)=2 x + y − xy+ λx+ λy−3 λ

f x =4 x − y+ λ f y =2 y− x+ λ f λ = x+ y −3

4 x− y+ λ=0 2 y− x+ λ=0
λ= y−4 x λ= x−2 y

y−4 x=x −2 y
y=5 x−2 y
3 y=5 x
5x
y=
3
 3
5x + y−3=0
x + −3=0 2
3
3
2 x=3 y=3−
2
3
x= 3
2 y=
2

3 3
2 ° L=4+(−1)+(−1)+2→ 4 We have a minimun in point ( , )
2 2