CHAPTER 6

TEST

Given f1x, y2  e x  2x 3y  y, find each of the following. 11. Find the maximum value of
0f 0f f 1x, y2 = 6xy - 4x 2 - 3y 2
1. f 1- 1, 22 2. 3.
0x 0y subject to the constraint x + 3y = 19.
0 2f 0 2f 0 2f 12. Evaluate
4. 5. 6.
0x 2 0x 0y 0y 0x 3 3
4x3y2 dx dy.
0 2f L0 L1
7.
0y 2
SYNTHESIS
Find the relative maximum and minimum values.
8. f 1x, y2 = x 2 - xy + y 3 - x 13. Business: maximizing production. Southwest Appliances
has the following Cobb–Douglas production function for
9. f 1x, y2 = 4y 2 - x 2 a certain product:
10. Business: predicting total sales. Consider the data in p1x, y2 = 50x 2>3y 1>3,
the following table regarding the total sales of a company where x is labor, measured in dollars, and y is capital, meas-
during the first three years of operation. ured in dollars. Suppose that Southwest can make a total
investment in labor and capital of $600,000. How should it
allocate the investment between labor and capital in order
Sales, y to maximize production?
Year, x (in millions)
14. Find fx and ft :
1 $10 x 2 - 2t
2 15 f 1x, t2 = .
x 3 + 2t
3 19

TECHNOLOGY CONNECTION
a) Find the regression line, y = mx + b.
b) Use the regression line to predict sales in the fourth 15. Use a 3D graphics program to graph
year. f 1x, y2 = x - 1
2 y 2 - 13 x 3.