Positive reals x , y , z ≥ 3 3 satisfy the condition x y z + x + y − z = 0 . If k x y z − x y − y z − z x ≥ 1 is always true, the the minimum value of k can be expressed as c a b for positive integers a , b , c with a , c coprime and b square-free.
What is a + b + c ?
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Fabulous solution. @Daniel Liu
Nice way to relate z to x , y which makes it clear that when either of x or y increases, then z increases too. Of course, we could use calculus, but that takes the beauty out of the relations that you gave.
I just tried all cases...
Calvin Lin , can you please tell me how can we use calculus in this problem
Amazing solution..
since it is clear that z>x,y......so for taking the minimum possible value of k let's assume that x=y=3/root over3=1/root over 3........now putting the value of x and y in xyz+x+y-z=0....we get the value of z=root over 3.....now putting the value of x,y and z in kxyz-xy-yz-xz greater than equal to 1.....we get k=(10*root over 3 )/3....therefore a+b+c=10+3+3=16.........
How do you know that there isn't a certain x , y , z such that x or y is not 3 3 yet k is smaller than 3 1 0 3 ?
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We rearrange the condition to obtain z = 1 − x y x + y . This is exactly like the tangent sum formula, so we let x = tan α , y = tan β , and therefore z = tan ( α + β ) .
We rearrange the inequality to find k ≥ x y z 1 + x 1 + y 1 + z 1 . Thus we need to find the maximum value of x y z 1 + x 1 + y 1 + z 1 . To do this, we minimize x , y , z .
Since x , y ≥ 3 3 , then α , β ≥ 3 0 ∘ . Since we want to minimize x , y , z , we take α = β = 3 0 ∘ . Thus, x = y = tan 3 0 ∘ = 3 3 , and z = tan 6 0 ∘ = 3 .
Thus, x y z 1 + x 1 + y 1 + z 1 = 3 1 0 3 , so our answer is 1 0 + 3 + 3 = 1 6 .
Sorry for the rushed solution, I created a much more thorough solution but I misclicked and all of it got deleted. :(