second order differentiations stationary points problems on maxima and minima.

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• June 5th 2010, 11:53 PM
mastermin346
second order differentiations stationary points problems on maxima and minima.
Two positive quantities, $p$ and $q$,very in such a way that ${p^3}{q}=9$.Another quantity $z$,is defined by $z=16p+3q$.Find the values of $p$ and $q$ that makes $z$ a minimum.

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• June 6th 2010, 04:14 AM
SpringFan25
you can use Lagrange multipliers - Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia to do this.

$\min_{p,q} L = 16p + 3q +\lambda \left(p^3q - 9 \right)$
To solve the optimisation problem, differenciate L with respect to p,q and $\lambda$ and set all partial derivatives to zero.
• June 6th 2010, 04:18 AM
skeeter
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Originally Posted by mastermin346
Two positive quantities, $p$ and $q$,very in such a way that ${p^3}{q}=9$.Another quantity $z$,is defined by $z=16p+3q$.Find the values of $p$ and $q$ that makes $z$ a minimum.

$q = \frac{9}{p^3}$

$z = 16p + \frac{27}{p^3}$

you've posted this in the precalculus section ... therefore I assume you'll be using technology (rather than calculus) to determine the value of p that minimizes z.
• June 7th 2010, 02:43 PM
SpringFan25
lol i cant believe i forgot that...skeeters way is much better :D