Take partial derivatives with respect to x and y. Set them = 0, Solve that Get (x,y) = (0,0), (5,10) Critical points (x,y,z) = (0,0,1), (5,10,-65/6) Second partial test. Get the four second partial derivatives: at (0,0) is -1, at (5,10) is 9 at (0,0) is -2, at (5,10) is -2 at (0,0) is -2, at (5,10) is -2 at (0,0) is 1, at (5,10) is 1 We test (x,y) = (0,0) So the point (0,0,10) is a saddle point. We test (x,y) = (5,10) So the point (5,10,65/6) is determined by the sign of fxx, which is 9, which is positive, so concave upward there and is a relative minimum. Edwin