If and are real numbers and and has largest value, find the value of .
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First we will prove next lemma:
If a , b , c are real numbers and b a = c b = a c then a = b = c .
b a = c b
b a × b 2 c = c b × b 2 c
a b c = b 3
On the same way we get a b c = a 3 and a b c = c 3 , so
a 3 = b 3 = c 3
Because of a,b,c are real numbers we have a = b = c and the lemma is proven.
3 y x = 2 x − 5 y y = x 6 x − 1 5 y
3 y x = 3 ( 2 x − 5 y 3 y = x 6 x − 1 5 y
3 y x = 6 x − 1 5 y 3 y = x 6 x − 1 5 y (1)
From (1) and lemma for a = x , b = 3 y and c = 6 x − 1 5 y we have x = 3 y (2)
From (2) we have − 4 x 2 + 3 6 y − 8 = − 4 ( 3 y ) 2 + 3 6 y − 8 = − 3 6 y 2 + 3 6 y − 8 = − ( ( 6 y ) 2 − 2 × 6 y × 3 + 3 2 ) + 1 = − ( 6 y − 3 ) 2 + 1
This polynomial will have max value if y = 2 1 , so x + y = 3 y + y = 4 y = 4 × 2 1 = 2 ((2) implies x+y=4y)