SOLUTION: Topic: Maxima and Minima for functions of 2 variables: Question: Find the critical points of the question below by determining whether it is a saddle point, relative maximum or

Question 401556: Topic: Maxima and Minima for functions of 2 variables:
Question: Find the critical points of the question below by determining whether it is a saddle point, relative maximum or minimum:
f(x,y) = xy(1-x-y)
Thank-you for your assistance.
Answer by robertb(5830) (Show Source): You can put this solution on YOUR website!

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Solving the preceding system above, we get the following c.p.'s
(i) (0,0)
{ii) (1,0)
(iii) (0,1)
(iv) (1/3, 1/3)
Finding the 2nd order partial derivatives:

, and

(i) At (0,0),
, and
D = .
Therefore there is a saddle point at (0,0).

(ii) At (1,0),
, and
D = .
Therefore there is a saddle point at (1,0)

(iii) At (0,1),
, and
D = .
Therefore there is saddle point at (0,1).

(iv) At (1/3, 1/3),
, and
D = .
Therefore there is a relative maximum at (1/3, 1/3).

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