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  1. Newsgroups: sci.math
  2. Path: sparky!uunet!zaphod.mps.ohio-state.edu!uwm.edu!zazen!purelogic!usenet
  3. From: pisul_cj@glutamic.uwlax.edu (Charles Pisula S92)
  4. Subject: Need help with a constraint problem
  5. Message-ID: <1992Dec10.181800.27941@purelogic.cs.uwlax.edu>
  6. Keywords: constraint, minimize area
  7. Sender: usenet@purelogic.cs.uwlax.edu (News Poster)
  8. Nntp-Posting-Host: glutamic.cowley.uwlax.edu
  9. Organization: University of Wisconsin - La Crosse Computer Science Department
  10. Date: Thu, 10 Dec 1992 18:18:00 GMT
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  13. here's the problem that I'm sure will prove to be trivial although 
  14. It's given me a hard time:
  15.  
  16. Minimize the area inside an elipse of form  x^2        y^2
  17.                                             ---   +    ---   =  1
  18.                                             a^2        b^2
  19. such that it contains the circle x^2 + y^2 = 2y.
  20.  
  21.  
  22. HINTS:  Area of Ellipse = (Pi)ab
  23.  
  24. PLEASE SEND ANY SOLUTIONS TO :
  25. ****************************
  26. pisul_cj@cowley.uwlax.edu
  27. ****************************
  28.  
  29.         -THANX-
  30.