The Easy Minimum!...#2

Algebra Level 3

Find the minimum value of 2 log 10 x log x 0.01 \displaystyle 2\log _{ 10 }{ x } -\log _{ x }{ 0.01 } for x > 1 x>1


The answer is 4.

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We have,

2 log 10 x log x 0.01 \displaystyle 2\log _{ 10 }{ x } -\log _{ x }{ 0.01 }

Which is equivalent to:

2 log 10 x + 2 log x 10 \displaystyle \Rightarrow 2\log _{ 10 }{ x } +2\log _{ x }{ 10 }

2 ( log 10 x + log x 10 ) \displaystyle \Rightarrow 2(\log _{ 10 }{ x } +\log _{ x }{ 10 })

2 ( log 10 x + 1 log 10 x ) \displaystyle \Rightarrow 2(\log _{ 10 }{ x } +\frac{1}{\log _{10}{x }})

Set log 10 x \displaystyle \log _{ 10 }{ x } as t. Then:

2 ( t + 1 t ) \displaystyle 2(t + \frac{1}{t})

Appyling AM-GM Inequality to it, we get:

( t + 1 t ) 2 t / t \displaystyle \frac{(t+\frac{1}{t})}{2} \ge \sqrt{t/t}

( t + 1 t ) 2 \displaystyle (t+\frac{1}{t}) \ge 2

Hence the minimum value of the given expression is 2 2 = 4 \displaystyle 2*2 = \boxed{4}

Nice solution but in second step, it should be a plus sign instead of minus sign. Please make the correction.

Soutrik Bandyopadhyay - 6 years, 3 months ago

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Thank you for the edit!! Was half-asleep (hence a little half-witted) when I wrote that.

B.S.Bharath Sai Guhan - 6 years, 3 months ago

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No problem these things happen to everybody.

Soutrik Bandyopadhyay - 6 years, 3 months ago

f ( X ) = 2 L n X L n 10 L n 0.01 L n X f ( X ) = 2 X L n 10 + L n 0.01 X ( L n X ) 2 = 0. X = 10 f ( X ) = 2 L n 10 L n 10 L n 0.01 L n 10 = 4 \large f(X)=\dfrac{2LnX}{Ln10}-\dfrac{Ln0.01}{LnX}\\ \large f'(X)=\dfrac{2}{X*Ln10}+\dfrac{Ln0.01}{X*(LnX)^2}= 0. ~~~~\implies~~X=10\\\large \therefore f(X)=\dfrac{2Ln10}{Ln10}-\dfrac{Ln0.01}{Ln10}= 4

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