Question

Need help with Lagrange multipliers.

Answer 1

Use Lagrange multipliers to find the maximum(s) and minimum(s) of \[f(x, y) = 2x^2 + 3y^2 -4x - 5\] subject to \[x^2 + y^2 = 16\]

Answer 2

@zepdrix

Answer 3

@Luigi0210 @thomaster

Answer 4

Here are similar problems I recently solved using the Method of Lagrange.
Use the same approach -

http://openstudy.com/study#/updates/5244a3fce4b0838bd4498f7c
http://openstudy.com/study#/updates/5239b6e3e4b0b9d6b2d783ef
http://openstudy.com/study#/updates/52f5bfc4e4b043c0f3580b0e

Answer 5

Thanks! I got it figured out.