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Homework Statement
Use lagrange multipliers to find the shortest distance between a point on the elliptic paraboloid z=x^2 +y^2
Homework Equations
The Attempt at a Solution
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I'm not that good with using the equation editor, so I scanned my work.
I'm stuck on the last part where I'm trying to factor the equation to find a solution for [tex]\lambda[/tex], I can't seem to find a solution that would make the equation zero, which is what i need in order to do the long division to factor that equation.
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