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AM 21A
HOMEWORK 8
DUE BEFORE CLASS ON FRIDAY, OCTOBER 28, 2011

Read Section 11.8 on Lagrange Multipliers. Hopefully you will find this an important new way
of calculating maxima and minima. Begin reading Chapter 12 (!!), with Section 12.1 and 12.2.
We learned how to take derivatives of multi-variable functions, now were moving on to
integrals of those functions.

Section 11.8
1. The figure shows a contour map of f and a curve with equation 8 ) , ( = y x g . Estimate the
maximum and minimum values of f subject to the constraint that 8 ) , ( = y x g . Explain your
reasoning.
2. Use Lagrange multipliers to find the maximum and minimum values of the function,
1 ; ) , (
2 2
= + = xy y x y x f (note, there may not necessarily be a maximum or minimum).
3. Find the extreme values of 5 4 3 2 ) , (
2 2
+ = x y x y x f on the region described by the
inequality, 16
2 2
s + y x .
4. Use Lagrange multipliers to prove that the triangle with maximum area that has a given
perimeter, p, is equilateral. Use the following (Herons) formula for the area:
) )( )( ( z s y s x s s A = , where 2 p s = and x, y, z are the lengths of the sides of the
triangle.
5. Use Lagrange multipliers to find the point on the plane 4 = + z y x that is closest to the
point (1,2,3) (this is problem 10 from last week now solve this problem using Lagrange
multipliers).
6. The plane 2 2 = + + z y x intersects the paraboloid
2 2
y x z + = in an ellipse. Find the points
on this ellipse that are nearest to and farthest from the origins.



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Section 12.1
7. If | | | | 2 , 1 x 4 , 0 = R , use a Riemann sum with m=2, n=3, to estimate the value of
}}

R
dA xy ) 1 (
2
. Take the sample points to be (a) the lower right corners and (b) the upper
left corners of the rectangle.
8. Estimate the volume of the solid that lies below the surface
2
2y x z + = and above the rectangle
| | | | 4 , 0 x 2 , 0 = R . Use a Riemann sum with m=n=2 and choose the sample points to be lower
right corners.
9. Evaluate the double integral by first identifying it as the volume of a solid:
}}

R
dA x) 5 ( ;
{ } 3 0 , 5 0 ) , ( s s s s = y x y x R .

Section 12.2
In problems 10 12, calculate the integrals:
10.
} }

2
6
5
1
cos
t
t
dxdy y .
11. dydx y x xy
} }
+
1
0
1
0
2 2

12. dA
y
x
R
}}
+
+
2
2
1
1
, { } 1 0 , 1 0 ) , ( s s s s = y x y x R .