Unit 3

Partial Differentiation

Question and answer

1. Decamper a positive number ‘a’ in to three parts, so their product is maximum

Solution:

Let x, y, z be the three parts of ‘a’ then we get.

… (1)

Here we have to maximize the product

i.e.

By Lagrange’s undetermined multiplier, we get,

… (2)

… (3)

… (4)

i.e.

… (2)’

… (3)’

… (4)

And

From (1)

Thus .

Hence their maximum product is  .

2.     Find the point on plane nearest to the point (1, 1, 1) using Lagrange’s method of multipliers.

Solution:

Let be the point on sphere which is nearest to the point . Then shortest distance.

Let

Under the condition … (1)

By method of Lagrange’s undetermined multipliers we have

… (2)

… (3)

i.e. &

… (4)

From (2) we get

From (3) we get

From (4) we get

Equation (1) becomes

i.e.

y = 2

If where x + y + z = 1.

Prove that the stationary value of u is given by,

3.   

Consider

Put

.

Thus degree of f(x, y) is

4.    Find if