For real numbers x , y , find the maximum value of ( x 2 + y 2 ) ( x + y ) 2 .
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That was a wonderful substitution John! You could have also used the AM-GM finally :P x 2 + y 2 > = 2 x y
That is an ingenious solution.I liked it..
use am= root mean square
please check your ans by putting x=1 and y=1
When solving problems like this one, I use AM-GM . So by simplifying, we get x 2 + y 2 ( x + y ) 2 = x 2 + y 2 x 2 + y 2 + x 2 + y 2 2 x y = 1 + x 2 + y 2 2 x y ( 1 ) At this point, we use AM-GM to get an expression that we can substitute into x 2 + y 2 . So, 2 x 2 + y 2 ≥ x 2 y 2 multiplying 2 by both sides, we get x 2 + y 2 ≥ 2 x y ( 2 ) . Lastly, by substituting ( 2 ) into ( 1 ) , we get 1 + 2 x y 2 x y , which gives 1 + 1 = 2 as the answer. (Here, we are sure that we can use AM-GM because x 2 and y 2 are always positive. We can also say that both x and y can't simultaneously be equal to 0 because if that happens, we will have an indeterminate form 0 0 and we wouldn't be able to use AM-GM.)
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x 2 + y 2 x 2 + 2 x y + y 2 x 2 + y 2 x 2 + y 2 + x 2 + y 2 2 x y 1 + x 2 + y 2 2 x y From here, x 2 + y 2 2 x y , substitute x and y to sinA and cos A respectively. s i n 2 A + c o s 2 A 2 s i n A c o s A Take note that s i n 2 A + c o s 2 A = 1 , and 2 s i n A c o s A = s i n 2 A , 1 s i n 2 A , − 1 ≤ s i n 2 A ≤ 1 The final answer is 1 + 1 = 2