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  • Nov 12, 2007, 10:39 AM
    helpless06
    Maximum and Minimum without a calculator
    FInd the maximum and minimum value of the expression:
    (y^2)/121 + (w^2)/81
    if x, y, z, satisfy the following system:

    x^2 + y^2 - 8x + 6y - 96 = 0
    z^2 + w^2 + 10z - 4w - 52 = 0
    xw + yz - 2x - 4w + 5y + 3z - 76 > 0
  • Nov 12, 2007, 07:48 PM
    galactus
    Take a look at the equations.

    Here's the first.



    Group and complete the square and it becomes:



    A circle centered at (4,-3) with radius 11.

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