First find the critical points of <em>f</em> :



so the point (1, 0) is the only critical point, at which we have

Next check for critical points along the boundary, which can be found by converting to polar coordinates:

Find the critical points of <em>g</em> :



where <em>n</em> is any integer. We get 4 critical points in the interval [0, 2π) at




So <em>f</em> has a minimum of -7 and a maximum of 299.
A will be the right answer
1/3 (0.333,,,) is 0.05666... away from 0.39 .
2/5 (0.4) is 0.01 away .
3.8 (0.375) is 0.015 away .
9/25 (0.36) is 0.3 away .
2/5 is the closest one.