I hope you can help me number 3. 3. The electric potential at a point (x,y) on the line segment extending from (0,3) to (2,0) is given2. Find the area of the largest rectangle that can be inscribed in the ellipsenumbers whose sum is 24 and the sum of whose squares is a minimum.x2y2= 1.6425by P = 3x + 2y. At what point on this segment is the potential a maximum.

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3. The electric potential at a point (x,y) on the line segment extending from (0,3) to (2,0) is given by P = 3x + 2y. At what point on this segment is the potential a maximum.

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3. The electric potential at a point (x,y) on the line segment extending from (0,3) to (2,0) is given
2. Find the area of the largest rectangle that can be inscribed in the ellipse
numbers whose sum is 24 and the sum of whose squares is a minimum.
x2
y2
= 1.
64
25
by P = 3x + 2y. At what point on this segment is the potential a maximum.

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