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Use Lagrange multipliers to solve the given optimization problem. HINT [See Example 2.] Find the minimum value of f(x, y) = x2 + y2 subject to x + 2y = 45.
fmin =
Also find the corresponding point (x, y). (x, y) =
Using the lagrange multiplier method, we minimize the value of the given function here as:
The lagrange function is given as:
Where C(X, Y) is the constraint here.
Finding the partial derivatives here:
Putting in terms of we get here:
Therefore, we have here the point as:
Therefore, fmin = x2 + y2 = 92 + 182 = 405
therefore 405 is the required minimum function value here.
Also as already computed above, the corresponding point here is ( 9, 18)