Past exam of the short options course of the University of Oxford / 2017 / 6 / a / i / Solution

Apply a constant Lagrange multiplier to the isoperimetric constraint, using the augmented functional $J-\lambda (I-1)$. Its integrand isThe Euler-Lagrange equation gives $-2qy-2\lambda wy-2(p{y}^{\prime }{)}^{\prime }=0$, henceThe multiplier rule applies because the constraint derivative in direction $y$ is $D{I}_y[y]=2I[y]=2$, so the constraint derivative is not zero. The prescribed endpoint values remove boundary variations.