An inequality problem

Algebra Level 4

Let a , b , x , y a,b,x,y be real numbers such that a 2 + b 2 = 81 a^2 +b^2 =81 , x 2 + y 2 = 121 x^2 + y^2 = 121 and a x + b y = 99 ax+by=99 .

Then what is the set of all possible values of a y b x ay-bx ?

Its an old KVPY Problem. You can try other such problems here -
KVPY problems .
{0} ( 0 , 9 / 11 ] (0,9/11] ( 0 , 9 / 11 ) (0,9/11) [ 9 / 11 , ) [9/11,\infty)

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4 solutions

Deepanshu Gupta
Oct 28, 2014

Let a = 9 cos α b = 9 sin α x = 11 cos β y = 11 sin β a\quad =9\cos { \alpha } \\ \\ b\quad =9\sin { \alpha } \\ \\ x\quad =11\cos { \beta } \\ \\ y\quad =11\sin { \beta } .

a x + b y = 99 β α = 2 n π ( n I ) a y b x = 99 sin ( β α ) = 0 \\ \because \quad ax\quad +\quad by\quad =\quad 99\\ \Rightarrow \quad \beta -\alpha \quad =\quad 2n\pi \quad \quad \quad (\quad n\quad \in \quad I\quad )\\ \quad \\ \Rightarrow \quad ay-bx\quad =\quad 99\sin { (\beta -\alpha ) } \\ \Rightarrow \quad \quad \quad \quad \quad \quad \quad =\quad 0\quad \quad .

Q.E.D

Great and really quick solution!

Karthik Sharma - 6 years, 7 months ago

very nice approach.

Samarth Agarwal - 5 years, 9 months ago
Sujoy Roy
Oct 29, 2014

( a x + b y ) 2 + ( a y b x ) 2 = ( a 2 + b 2 ) ( x 2 + y 2 ) (ax+by)^2+(ay-bx)^2=(a^2+b^2)(x^2+y^2)

or, ( a y b x ) 2 = 12 1 2 + 8 1 2 9 9 2 (ay-bx)^2=121^2+81^2-99^2

or, a y b x = 0 ay-bx=0

Dinesh Chavan
Nov 2, 2014

This problem becomes trivial by Cauchy's Inequality.: Given a , b , x , y a,b,x,y as reals. So, we know by cauchy's inequality, that ( a 2 + b 2 ) ( x 2 + y 2 ) ( a x + b y ) 2 (a^2+b^2)(x^2+y^2)\geq(ax+by)^{2} . Where, equality holds, if a x = b y \dfrac{a}{x}=\dfrac{b}{y} . In this ques. we know that the equality holds, by given values. So. a x = b y \dfrac{a}{x}=\dfrac{b}{y} a y = b c ay=bc a y b x = 0 ay-bx=0

Yeah, or you can simply say that you used the Fibonacci-Brahmagupta identity from which Cauchy's inequality was derived.

Prasun Biswas - 6 years, 5 months ago

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This is Cauchy-Lagrange identity. From this identity the Cauchy-Schwartz Inequality was derived.

Raushan Sharma - 5 years, 8 months ago
Aditya Chauhan
Jul 19, 2015

I assumed a as 9 9 and x as 11 11 and it satisfied the next equation. So according to these values the req. Answer can be 0 and only one option includes 0

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