Let $L ( x , y ) = a x + b y$

question 62

True/False

Let $L ( x , y ) = a x + b y$ .
There exist values of a and b so that $L ( x , y )$ takes a minimum value of 8 on the unit circle $x ^ { 2 } + y ^ { 2 } = 1$ at the point $\left( \frac { 1 } { 2 } , \frac { - \sqrt { 3 } } { 2 } \right)$ .

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