Let x , y , z R + x,y,z\in\mathbb{R^+} , such that

Algebra Level 4

Let x x , y y , and z z be positive reals such that

{ x + y + z = 9 16 x 2 + 25 y 2 + 36 z 2 = 12 \begin{cases} x+y+z=9 \\ \sqrt{16-x^2}+\sqrt{25-y^2}+\sqrt{36-z^2}=12 \end{cases}

Find x y z xyz .


The answer is 25.92.

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1 solution

Mark Hennings
Aug 27, 2019

Note that 9 4 + 5 + 6 = 3 5 \frac{9}{4+5+6}=\frac35 and 12 4 + 5 + 6 = 4 5 \frac{12}{4+5+6} = \frac45 , while 3 2 + 4 2 = 5 2 3^2+4^2=5^2 . Thus, if we define x = 4 × 3 5 y = 5 × 3 5 z = 6 × 3 5 x \; = \; 4 \times \tfrac35 \hspace{1cm} y \; = \; 5 \times \tfrac35 \hspace{1cm} z \; = \; 6 \times \tfrac35 then 16 x 2 = 4 × 4 5 25 y 2 = 5 × 4 5 36 z 2 = 6 × 4 5 \sqrt{16-x^2} \; = \; 4 \times \tfrac45 \hspace{1cm} \sqrt{25-y^2} \; = \; 5 \times \tfrac45 \hspace{1cm} \sqrt{36-z^2} \; = \; 6 \times \tfrac45 and hence x + y + z = ( 4 + 5 + 6 ) 3 5 = 9 16 x 2 + 25 y 2 + 36 z 2 = ( 4 + 5 + 6 ) 4 5 = 12 x+y+z \; = \; (4+5+6)\tfrac35 \; =\; 9 \hspace{2cm} \sqrt{16-x^2} + \sqrt{25-y^2} + \sqrt{36-z^2} \; = \; (4+5+6)\tfrac45 \; =\; 12 which means that we want x y z = 4 × 5 × 6 × ( 3 5 ) 3 = 648 25 = 25.92 xyz \; = \; 4 \times 5 \times 6 \times \big(\tfrac35\big)^3 \; = \; \tfrac{648}{25} \; = \; \boxed{25.92}

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