Chapter 12
Applied Mathematics: For the Managerial, Life, and Social Sciences · 118 exercises
Problem 1
Find the critical point(s) of the function. Then use the second derivative test to classify the nature of each point, if possible. Finally, determine the relative extrema of the function. \(f(x, y)=1-2 x^{2}-3 y^{2}\)
4 step solution
Problem 1
Let \(f(x, y)=x^{2}+2 y^{2}\). a. Find \(f_{x}(2,1)\) and \(f_{y}(2,1)\). b. Interpret the numbers in part (a) as slopes. c. Interpret the numbers in part (a) as rates of change.
4 step solution
Problem 1
Let \(f(x, y)=2 x+3 y-4\). Compute \(f(0,0), f(1,0), f(0,1)\), \(f(1,2)\), and \(f(2,-1) .\)
5 step solution
Problem 2
Find the critical point(s) of the function. Then use the second derivative test to classify the nature of each point, if possible. Finally, determine the relative extrema of the function. \(f(x, y)=x^{2}-x y+y^{2}+1\)
5 step solution
Problem 2
Let \(f(x, y)=9-x^{2}+x y-2 y^{2}\). a. Find \(f_{x}(1,2)\) and \(f_{y}(1,2)\). b. Interpret the numbers in part (a) as slopes. c. Interpret the numbers in part (a) as rates of change.
4 step solution
Problem 2
Let \(g(x, y)=2 x^{2}-y^{2}\). Compute \(g(1,2), g(2,1), g(1,1)\), \(g(-1,1)\), and \(g(2,-1) .\)
3 step solution
Problem 3
Find the critical point(s) of the function. Then use the second derivative test to classify the nature of each point, if possible. Finally, determine the relative extrema of the function. \(f(x, y)=x^{2}-y^{2}-2 x+4 y+1\)
4 step solution
Problem 3
Find the first partial derivatives of the function. \(f(x, y)=2 x+3 y+5\)
3 step solution
Problem 3
Let \(f(x, y)=x^{2}+2 x y-x+3\). Compute \(f(1,2), f(2,1)\), \(f(-1,2)\), and \(f(2,-1)\).
5 step solution
Problem 4
Find the critical point(s) of the function. Then use the second derivative test to classify the nature of each point, if possible. Finally, determine the relative extrema of the function. \(f(x, y)=2 x^{2}+y^{2}-4 x+6 y+3\)
5 step solution
Problem 4
Find the first partial derivatives of the function. \(f(x, y)=2 x y\)
2 step solution
Problem 4
Let \(h(x, y)=(x+y) /(x-y) .\) Compute \(h(0,1), h(-1,1)\), \(h(2,1)\), and \(h(\pi,-\pi) .\)
8 step solution
Problem 5
Find the critical point(s) of the function. Then use the second derivative test to classify the nature of each point, if possible. Finally, determine the relative extrema of the function. \(f(x, y)=x^{2}+2 x y+2 y^{2}-4 x+8 y-1\)
5 step solution
Problem 5
Find the first partial derivatives of the function. \(g(x, y)=2 x^{2}+4 y+1\)
4 step solution
Problem 5
Let \(g(s, t)=3 s \sqrt{t}+t \sqrt{s}+2\). Compute \(g(1,2), g(2,1)\), \(g(0,4)\), and \(g(4,9)\)
4 step solution
Problem 6
Find the critical point(s) of the function. Then use the second derivative test to classify the nature of each point, if possible. Finally, determine the relative extrema of the function. \(f(x, y)=x^{2}-4 x y+2 y^{2}+4 x+8 y-1\)
5 step solution
Problem 6
Find the first partial derivatives of the function. \(f(x, y)=1+x^{2}+y^{2}\)
2 step solution
Problem 6
Let \(f(x, y)=x y e^{x^{2}+y^{2}}\). Compute \(f(0,0), f(0,1), f(1,1)\), and \(f(-1,-1)\)
6 step solution
Problem 7
Find the critical point(s) of the function. Then use the second derivative test to classify the nature of each point, if possible. Finally, determine the relative extrema of the function. \(f(x, y)=2 x^{3}+y^{2}-9 x^{2}-4 y+12 x-2\)
5 step solution
Problem 7
Find the first partial derivatives of the function. \(f(x, y)=\frac{2 y}{x^{2}}\)
3 step solution
Problem 7
Let \(h(s, t)=s \ln t-t \ln s\). Compute \(h(1, e), h(e, 1)\), and \(h(e, e)\)
6 step solution
Problem 8
Find the critical point(s) of the function. Then use the second derivative test to classify the nature of each point, if possible. Finally, determine the relative extrema of the function. \(f(x, y)=2 x^{3}+y^{2}-6 x^{2}-4 y+12 x-2\)
4 step solution
Problem 8
Find the first partial derivatives of the function. \(f(x, y)=\frac{x}{1+y}\)
4 step solution
Problem 9
Find the critical point(s) of the function. Then use the second derivative test to classify the nature of each point, if possible. Finally, determine the relative extrema of the function. \(f(x, y)=x^{3}+y^{2}-2 x y+7 x-8 y+4\)
5 step solution
Problem 9
Find the first partial derivatives of the function. \(g(u, v)=\frac{u-v}{u+v}\)
4 step solution
Problem 9
Let \(g(r, s, t)=r e^{s / t} .\) Compute \(g(1,1,1), g(1,0,1)\), and \(g(-1,-1,-1)\)
3 step solution
Problem 10
Find the critical point(s) of the function. Then use the second derivative test to classify the nature of each point, if possible. Finally, determine the relative extrema of the function. \(f(x, y)=2 y^{3}-3 y^{2}-12 y+2 x^{2}-6 x+2\)
5 step solution
Problem 10
Find the first partial derivatives of the function. \(f(x, y)=\frac{x^{2}-y^{2}}{x^{2}+y^{2}}\)
4 step solution
Problem 10
Let \(g(u, v, w)=\left(u e^{v w}+v e^{w w}+w e^{u t}\right) /\left(u^{2}+v^{2}+w^{2}\right)\). Compute \(g(1,2,3)\) and \(g(3,2,1)\).
3 step solution
Problem 11
Find the critical point(s) of the function. Then use the second derivative test to classify the nature of each point, if possible. Finally, determine the relative extrema of the function. \(f(x, y)=x^{3}-3 x y+y^{3}-2\)
5 step solution
Problem 11
Find the first partial derivatives of the function. \(f(s, t)=\left(s^{2}-s t+t^{2}\right)^{3}\)
4 step solution
Problem 11
Sketch the level curves of the function corresponding to each value of \(z\). . \(f(x, y)=2 x+3 y\)
4 step solution
Problem 12
Find the critical point(s) of the function. Then use the second derivative test to classify the nature of each point, if possible. Finally, determine the relative extrema of the function. \(f(x, y)=x^{3}-2 x y+y^{2}+5\)
5 step solution
Problem 12
Find the first partial derivatives of the function. \(g(s, t)=s^{2} t+s t^{-3}\)
2 step solution
Problem 13
Find the critical point(s) of the function. Then use the second derivative test to classify the nature of each point, if possible. Finally, determine the relative extrema of the function. \(f(x, y)=x y+\frac{4}{x}+\frac{2}{y}\)
4 step solution
Problem 13
Find the first partial derivatives of the function. \(f(x, y)=\left(x^{2}+y^{2}\right)^{2 / 3}\)
5 step solution
Problem 14
Find the first partial derivatives of the function. \(f(x, y)=x \sqrt{1+y^{2}}\)
4 step solution
Problem 14
Sketch the level curves of the function corresponding to each value of \(z\). \(f(s, t)=\sqrt{s^{2}+t^{2}}\)
4 step solution
Problem 15
Find the critical point(s) of the function. Then use the second derivative test to classify the nature of each point, if possible. Finally, determine the relative extrema of the function. \(f(x, y)=x^{2}-e^{y^{2}}\)
4 step solution
Problem 15
Find the first partial derivatives of the function. \(f(x, y)=e^{x y+1}\)
2 step solution
Problem 16
Find the critical point(s) of the function. Then use the second derivative test to classify the nature of each point, if possible. Finally, determine the relative extrema of the function. \(f(x, y)=e^{x^{2}-y^{2}}\)
6 step solution
Problem 16
Find the first partial derivatives of the function. \(f(x, y)=\left(e^{x}+e^{y}\right)^{5}\)
3 step solution
Problem 17
Find the critical point(s) of the function. Then use the second derivative test to classify the nature of each point, if possible. Finally, determine the relative extrema of the function. \(f(x, y)=e^{x^{2}+y^{2}}\)
5 step solution
Problem 17
Find the first partial derivatives of the function. \(f(x, y)=x \ln y+y \ln x\)
4 step solution
Problem 18
Find the first partial derivatives of the function. \(f(x, y)=x^{2} e^{y^{2}}\)
4 step solution
Problem 18
Sketch the level curves of the function corresponding to each value of \(z\). \(h(u, v)=\sqrt{4-u^{2}-v^{2}}\)
3 step solution
Problem 19
Find the critical point(s) of the function. Then use the second derivative test to classify the nature of each point, if possible. Finally, determine the relative extrema of the function. \(f(x, y)=\ln \left(1+x^{2}+y^{2}\right)\)
5 step solution
Problem 19
Sketch the level curves of the function corresponding to each value of \(z\). \(f(x, y)=2 x+3 y ; z=-2,-1,0,1,2\)
2 step solution
Problem 20
Find the critical point(s) of the function. Then use the second derivative test to classify the nature of each point, if possible. Finally, determine the relative extrema of the function. \(f(x, y)=x y+\ln x+2 y^{2}\)
6 step solution
Problem 20
Find the first partial derivatives of the function. \(f(x, y)=\frac{e^{x y}}{x+y}\)
3 step solution