SRI RAMAKRISHNA ENGINEERING COLLEGE

[Educational Service : SNR Sons Charitable Trust]

[Autonomous Institution, Accredited by NAAC with ‘A’ Grade]
[Approved by AICTE and Permanently Affiliated to Anna University, Chennai]
[ISO 9001:2015 Certified and all eligible programmes Accredited by NBA]
VATTAMALAIPALAYAM, N.G.G.O. COLONY POST, COIMBATORE – 641 022.
DEPARTMENT OF MATHEMATICS
Degree / Branch I B.E – ECE

Course Code:20MA201 Course Title: ALGEBRA, CALCULUS AND TRANSFORMS

Tutorial - 8
Functions of several variables
Maxima and Minima of functions of two variables – Lagrange’s method of undetermined multipliers.

PART A

1. The point at which function 𝑓(𝑥, 𝑦) is either maximum or minimum is known as__________
a) Saddle point b) Stationary point c) Maximum d) Minimum

2. A function 𝑓(𝑥, 𝑦) is said to be a saddle point if it has

a) Either a maximum or minimum at that point
b) 𝑓(𝑥, 𝑦) = 0 at that point
c) Neither a maximum nor a minimum at that point
d) None of the above

3. The function 𝑓(𝑥, 𝑦) = 2𝑥 2 + 2𝑥𝑦 − 𝑦 3 has

a) only one stationary point at (0,0)
1 1
b) two stationary points at (0,0) and (6 , 3)

c) two stationary points at (0,0) and (1, −1)

d) no stationary points

4.The necessary condition of a function 𝑓(𝑥, 𝑦) to have an extreme values at a point is ______
𝜕𝑓 𝜕𝑓 𝜕𝑓 𝜕𝑓 𝜕𝑓 𝜕𝑓
a) 𝜕𝑥 ≠ 0 and 𝜕𝑦 = 0 b) = 0 and 𝜕𝑦 = 0 c) 𝜕𝑥 = 0 and 𝜕𝑦 ≠ 0
𝜕𝑥
𝜕𝑓 𝜕𝑓
d) ≠ 0 and 𝜕𝑦 ≠ 0
𝜕𝑥

5. The stationary point of 𝑓(𝑥, 𝑦) = 𝑥 2 − 𝑥𝑦 + 𝑦 2 + 6𝑥 + 12 are ____________

a) (1, −1) b) (0,2) c) (1,0) d) (−1,2)
 SRI RAMAKRISHNA ENGINEERING COLLEGE
[Educational Service : SNR Sons Charitable Trust]
[Autonomous Institution, Accredited by NAAC with ‘A’ Grade]
[Approved by AICTE and Permanently Affiliated to Anna University, Chennai]
[ISO 9001:2015 Certified and all eligible programmes Accredited by NBA]
VATTAMALAIPALAYAM, N.G.G.O. COLONY POST, COIMBATORE – 641 022.

PART B
6. Find the minimum point of 𝑓(𝑥, 𝑦) = 𝑥 2 + 𝑦 2 + 6𝑥 + 12.
7. Find the stationary values of a function 𝑥 3 + 3𝑥𝑦 2 − 3𝑥 2 − 3𝑦 2 + 7.

PART C
8. Find the dimensions of a rectangular box, without top, of maximum capacity and surface
area 432 square meters.