Answer
Local maximum at $f(3,\dfrac{3}{2})=\dfrac{17}{2}$
Work Step by Step
Given: $f_x(x,y)=2y-2x+3=0, f_y(x,y)=2x-4y=0$
Simplify the given two equations.
This implies that $x=3,y=\dfrac{3}{2}$
Critical point: $(3,\dfrac{3}{2})$
In order to solve this problem we will have to apply Second derivative test that suggests the following conditions to calculate the local minimum, local maximum and saddle points of $f(x,y)$ or $f(x,y,z)$.
1. If $D(a,b)=f_{xx}(a,b)f_{yy}(a,b)-[f_{xy}(a,b)]^2 \gt 0$ and $f_{xx}(a,b)\gt 0$ , then $f(a,b)$ is a local minimum.
2. If $D(a,b)=f_{xx}(a,b)f_{yy}(a,b)-[f_{xy}(a,b)]^2 \gt 0$ and $f_{xx}(a,b)\lt 0$ , then $f(a,b)$ is a local maximum.
3. If $D(a,b)=f_{xx}(a,b)f_{yy}(a,b)-[f_{xy}(a,b)]^2 \lt 0$ , then $f(a,b)$ is a not a local minimum and local maximum or, a saddle point.
$D=f_{xx}f_{yy}-f^2_{xy}=4 \implies D=4 \gt 0$ and $f_{xx}=-2 \lt 0$
Hence, Local maximum at $f(3,\dfrac{3}{2})=\dfrac{17}{2}$
