Let P = x + y , where x and y are real numbers satisfying x − x + 6 = y + 6 − y .
Find the product of the maximum value and minimum value of P .
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Nice solution!
P = x + y = x + 6 + y + 6 so that P = x + y > 0
For the maximum value,by applying C-S inequality we have:
P 2 = ( x + y ) 2 = ( x + 6 + y + 6 ) 2 ≤ 2 ( x + y + 1 2 ) = 2 P + 2 4 And P 2 − 2 P − 2 4 ≤ 0 ⇒ ( P − 6 ) ( P + 4 ) ≤ 0 ⇔ P ≤ 6
The equality holds when x = y = 3
For the minimum value,by applying this inequality: A + B ≥ A + B
P = x + y = x + 6 + y + 6 ≥ x + y + 1 2 ⇒ P ≥ P + 1 2
And P 2 − P − 1 2 ≥ 0 ⇔ ( P − 4 ) ( P + 3 ) ≥ 0 ⇒ P ≥ 4
The equality holds when x = 1 0 ; y = − 6 or it's permutation.
So that 4 ≤ P ≤ 6 and it's product is 2 4
Very nice proof
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Here's my Vieta approach, rewrite the condition x + y = x + 6 + y + 6 Now we set a = x + 6 ≥ 0 , b = y + 6 ≥ 0 , then { a 2 + b 2 − 1 2 = a + b a 2 + b 2 − 1 2 = P ⇔ { a + b = P a b = 2 1 ( P 2 − P − 1 2 ) So a , b will be the roots of X 2 − P X + 2 1 ( P 2 − P − 1 2 ) = 0 In order for the above equation to have 2 non-negative roots ⎩ ⎪ ⎨ ⎪ ⎧ Δ ≥ 0 a + b ≥ 0 a b ≥ 0 ⇔ ⎩ ⎪ ⎨ ⎪ ⎧ P 2 − 2 P − 2 4 ≤ 0 P 2 − P − 1 2 ≥ 0 P ≥ 0 ⇒ ⎩ ⎪ ⎨ ⎪ ⎧ P ∈ [ − 4 ; 6 ] P ∈ ( − ∞ ; − 3 ] ∪ [ 4 ; + ∞ ) P ≥ 0 So we have 4 ≤ P ≤ 6 and the product is 2 4 , to find the equality cases, we subtitute the value of P into the equation and solve for x , y