Answer
Saddle point at $(2,1)$
Work Step by Step
Given: $f_x(x,y)=2x-4y=0, f_y(x,y)=-4x+2y+6=0$
Simplify the given two equations.
This implies that $x=2,y=1$
Critical point is: $(2,1)$
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 or local maximum but a saddle point.
$D=f_{xx}f_{yy}-f^2_{xy}=-12$ and $D=-12 \lt 0$
Hence, Saddle point at $(2,1)$
