❖ LaGrange Multipliers - Finding Maximum or Minimum Values ❖

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Thanks for the video: I think that when you obtain 12x - Lamda = 0 and 24y - Lamda = 0 you should simply note that 12x=24y or x = 2y and substitute THAT into the third equation. It's a lot easier in this case!

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Awesome video. I have one question, sometimes i've seen: f(x) + λ(constraint) instead of f(x) - λ(constraint) Is there a difference?

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[@Shafique96]

On similar videos and other examples I see a positive sign when setting up the lagrange? ( f(x,y,z) + L(g(x,y,z)-k). And other times I see it set up like how you showed in this example. Are both ways acceptable?

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[@EagleLogic]

TheDarkKnight2124 Well you could create a function with let's say two variables. z = ax + by where a and b are constants. a represents the price of stock a and b represents the price of stock b. x and y is the stock quantity. Say you desire 90 stocks. You then have x + y - 90 = 0 for lambda. z = ax+by for your main function. Then you can proceed with the methods from this video.

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so you dont know if you are minimizing or maximizing ? you have to do a trial and error?

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How did you get -3 lambda over 24?

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[@kushagragupta97]

If we have exactly the same way of finding maximum or minimum , and if lagrange's multiplier gives the minimum of a function but we have to find its maximum how do we do that? Like if in your example we have to find maximum cost How do we do that?

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[@Norbizzle2012]

My professor never liked LaGrange Multipliers because of the nasty system of equations that could arise. Instead, he taught us to turn the function f(x,y) into a function G(x,y(x)), G(x(y),y), or G(t) by using the constraints or through parametrization and ending up with a function G of only one variable. In this problem for example, using the constraint, you could say that y=90-x and that G(x,y(x))= 18(x^2)-2160x+97200. Using the first derivative test, you come to the same conclusion that 32400 is a min of that function. There are obviously times when you can only use LaGrange Multipliers, but if it is possible to use this method, it is much easier.

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Norberto Torres while this is really a more effective way in this case, it is not always possible to express one variable as a function of the other

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Actually for this example you can just use Cauchy-Schwarz Inequality and destroy this problem instantly...

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How do we know if it's maxima or minima?

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You do not subtract the constrant , you add it to the original function.

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You can do either since G(x,y)=0 (x+y-90=0)

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Is there a video explaining the concept/proof behind this method? I can apply the brute force method behind solving this, but I want to actually understand this - i've tried looking up various websites but they are too complicated as they prove general results for n dimensions.

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Hey man. A very basic explanation is that this method finds the points at which the gradient of the constraint equation (direction of maximum increase) matches the gradient of your objective equation. Imagine level curves of the constraint equation and the level curves of the objective equation on the same graph. This method scales the constraint equation to where the directions of maximum increase are equal. Its easier to see if you re-write the method as (Gradient)F= lamba*(Gradient)g. F being the objective function and g the constraint.

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what if we wanted to maximise this equation?

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Maximising applies to other equations. For example an equation for Profit. Maximising this function is no different from minimising a function. Its always the same: (the function you want to min- or maximise) - λ x (constraint).

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