Maximums are Unequal

Algebra Level 2

a b c + ( 1 a ) ( 1 b ) ( 1 c ) \large\ \sqrt { abc } + \sqrt { ( 1 - a) ( 1 - b) ( 1 - c) } .

For a , b , c [ 0 , 1 ] a, b, c \in [0,1] , find the maximum value of the expression above.

4 12 No Maxima Exists. 0 1

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1 solution

Since a , b , c [ 0 , 1 ] a, b, c \in [0,1] , we can let a = sin 2 α a = \sin^2 \alpha , b = sin 2 β b = \sin^2 \beta and c = sin 2 γ c = \sin^2 \gamma . Then

X = a b c + ( 1 a ) ( 1 b ) ( 1 c ) = sin α sin β sin γ + cos α cos β cos γ \begin{aligned} X = \sqrt{abc} + \sqrt{(1-a)(1-b)(1-c)} & = \sin \alpha \sin \beta \sin \gamma + \cos \alpha \cos \beta \cos \gamma \end{aligned}

By AM-GM inequality,

X = sin α sin β sin γ + cos α cos β cos γ sin 3 α + sin 3 β + sin 3 γ 3 + cos 3 α + cos 3 β + cos 3 γ 3 \begin{aligned} X = \sin \alpha \sin \beta \sin \gamma + \cos \alpha \cos \beta \cos \gamma & \le \frac {\sin^3 \alpha + \sin^3 \beta + \sin^3 \gamma}3 + \frac {\cos^3 \alpha + \cos^3 \beta + \cos^3 \gamma}3 \end{aligned}

And equality occurs when α = β = γ = 0 \alpha = \beta = \gamma = 0 or π 2 \frac \pi 2 , and the maximum values of X X is 1 \boxed{1} .

After applying AM-GM , why will the maximum be 1? I mean you showed that equality occurs when α = β = γ = 0 \alpha=\beta=\gamma=0 but why would it be the maximum?

Vilakshan Gupta - 2 years, 11 months ago

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Can you complete your solution so that it seems more justified to me...Because I don't see any reason why it has to be the maximum and not any other value instead of 1

Vilakshan Gupta - 2 years, 11 months ago

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Frankly, I cannot, else I would have added in the solution.

Chew-Seong Cheong - 2 years, 11 months ago

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@Chew-Seong Cheong Usually when we have established an inequality such as f ( x , y , z ) g ( x , y . z ) f(x,y,z) \ge g(x,y.z) , we just need to check if there are values of ( x , y , z ) (x,y,z) such that f ( x , y , z ) = g ( x , y , z ) f(x,y,z) = g(x,y,z) to show the maximum or minimum. Note that if you put x = y = z = 0 x=y=z=0 or π 2 \frac \pi 2 . Both sides equal and in both cases the value is 1 1 which means the answer is unique.

Chew-Seong Cheong - 2 years, 11 months ago

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