Lagrange Multipliers

  1. Use Lagrange multipliers to find the extrema of the function fxy=x2+y2 subject to the constraint xy=1 .
    Minima at 112 and 112 .
  2. Use Lagrange multipliers to find the extrema of the function fxy=exy subject to the constraint x3+y3=16 .
  3. Use Lagrange multipliers to find the extrema of the function fxyz=xyz subject to the constraint x2+2y2+3z2=6 .
    Maximum 23 and minimum 23 .
  4. Use Lagrange multipliers to find the extrema of the function fxyz=x4+y4+z4 subject to the constraint x2+y2+z2=1 .
  5. Use Lagrange multipliers to prove that of all the rectangles with a given perimeter, the square has the largest area.
  6. Use Lagrange multipliers to find the point on the plane xy+z=4 that is closest to the point 123 .
    5343113
  7. Use Lagrange multipliers to find the points on the surface y2=9+xz that are closest to the origin.
  8. Use Lagrange multipliers to find the volume of the largest rectangular box in the first octant with three faces in the coordinate planes and one vertex in the plane x+2y+3z=6 .
    43