Find the minimum and maximum values of the function $f(x,y)=y^2+xy-2x$ on the set $D=\left \{ (x,y):\sqrt{x}\leq y\leq 1,0\leq x\leq 1 \right \}$

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I want to see if I have the correct answer here.

I started by taking the gradient. $$ \nabla f= \left \langle \frac{\partial f}{\partial x}, \frac{\partial f}{\partial y} \right \rangle=\left \langle y-2,2y+x \right \rangle $$ $y-2=0\Rightarrow y=2;2y+x=0\rightarrow 2(2)+x=0\Rightarrow x=-4$ enter image description here

This is the graph of the set D.

$L_1:y=0;f(x,0)=-2x, 0\leq x\leq 1$ $f_{min}=f(0,0)=0;f_{max}=f(1,0)=-2$

$L_2:x=1;f(1,y)=y^2+y-2,\sqrt{x}\leq y\leq 1\rightarrow 0\leq y\leq 1\Rightarrow f_{min}=f(1,0)=-2;f_{max}=f(1,1)=0$

$L_3:f(x,\sqrt{x})=(\sqrt{x})^2+x(\sqrt{x})-2x=x+x\sqrt{x}-2x;0\leq x\leq 1\Rightarrow f_{min}=f(0,0)=0;f_{max}=f(1,1)=0$

$f(2,-4)=4$ which is not on D

$f(1,0)=-2$

$f(0,0)=0$

$f(1,1)=0$

Which would imply local maximums at f(0,0) and f(1,1) and a local minimum at f(1,0) on D. Is this correct?

EDIT: Realized I'm considering the wrong region. Now I have the points

$f(2,-4)=4$ which is not on D

$f(1,1)=0$

$f(0,0)=0$

$f(0,1)=1$