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CHAPTER 6 - MULTIVARIABLE FUNCTIONS 1
1 Chapter 6 - Multivariable functions
1. Find the partial derivative of the following functions:
a, f (x, y) = 2x3 ey + xy 2 + sin x cos x x
b, f (x, y) = x3 y − y 3 x
x y
c, f (x, y) = y + x d, f (x, y) = xye y
2. Calculate the second-order partial derivatives of the following functions:
a, z = x4 + y 4 − 4x2 y 2 b, z =x ln(x + y 2 )
c, z = 2x−3y
x+2y
d, f (x, y) = xye y
3. Find the extrema of the following functions:
a, z = 13x2 + y 2 − 5xy − 2x − 10 + 1
b, z = 4xy − x2 − 7y 2 + 36y
c, z = 18xy − 8x3 − 27y 3
d, z = x2 y 3 (6 − x − y), where x > 0, y > 0
4. Find the extrema of the following function: z = 2x + 9y + 1 with the condition: x2 + 3y 2 = 31
5. Find the extrema of the following function: z = x0.3 y 0.7 with the condition: 5x + 4y = 200
6. Find the extrema of the following function: U = (x + 3)y with the condition: 5x + 20y = 185
7. A firm in a competitive market produces two types of products with the total cost T C =
3Q21 + 2Q1 Q2 + 2Q22 + 10. Find the quantities Q1 , Q2 to maximize the profit when the price of
product 1 is 160$ and the price of product 2 is 120$.
8. A firm in a competitive market produces two types of products with the total cost T C =
Q21 − 2Q1 Q2 + 2Q22 + 7. Find the quantities Q1 , Q2 to maximize the profit when the price of
product 1 is p1 = 32$ and the price of product 2 is p2 = 16$.
9. A firm in a competitive market produces two types of products with the total cost T C =
3Q21 + 4Q1 Q2 + 25 Q22 + 2. Find the quantities Q1 , Q2 to maximize the profit when the price of
product 1 is p1 = 106$ and the price of product 2 is p2 = 94$.
10. A firm in a competitive market produces two types of products with the total cost T C =
2Q21 + 8Q1 Q2 + 10Q22 + 1. Find the quantities Q1 , Q2 to maximize the profit when the price of
product 1 is p1 = 128$ and the price of product 2 is p2 = 300$.
11. A firm in a competitive market produces two types of products with the total cost T C =
5Q21 + Q1 Q2 + 2Q22 + 2. Find the quantities Q1 , Q2 to maximize the profit when the price of
product 1 is p1 = 86$ and the price of product 2 is p2 = 32$.
12. A firm in a monopoly produces two types of products with total cost T C = 3Q21 + 2Q1 Q2 +
2Q22 + 55 Find the quantities Q1 , Q2 and the prices p1 , p2 to maximize the profit, given that the
demand functions for product 1: Q1 = 50 − 0.5p1 and for product 2: Q2 = 76 − p2 .
13. A firm in a monopoly produces two types of products with total cost T C = Q21 +2Q1 Q2 +Q22 +20.
Find the quantities Q1 , Q2 and the prices p1 , p2 to maximize the profit, given that the demand
functions for product 1: Q1 = 25 − 0.5p1 and for product 2: Q2 = 30 − p2 .
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14. A firm in a competitive market produces two types of products with prices p1 = 60, p2 = 75
and total cost T C = Q21 + Q1 Q2 + Q22 . Find Q1 , Q2 to maximize the profit?
15. A firm in a monopoly produces two types of products. Given the demand functions of two
products as follows:
Qd1 = 40 − 2p1 + p2 , Qd2 = 15 + p1 − p2
The total cost T C = Q21 + Q1 Q2 + Q22 . Find the quantity of each product that maximize the
profit?
