Nice inequality problem!

Algebra Level 2

Summation Given that

x + y + z = 6 x+y+z= 6

Find maximum value of x y z xyz


x, y, z are positive numbers


The answer is 8.

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3 solutions

Kritarth Lohomi
Mar 22, 2015

Upvote if you satisfied


Applying A M AM \geq G M GM

x + y + z 3 x y z 3 \dfrac{x+y+z} {3} \geq \sqrt[3]{xyz}

\implies 6 3 x y z 3 \dfrac{6}{3} \geq \sqrt[3]{xyz}

\implies x y z 2 3 xyz\leq 2^3

So maximum value of x y z = 8 \boxed {xyz = 8}

You didn't specify that x , y , z x,y,z are positive numbers, you could have ( x , y , z ) = ( t , 3 t 2 , 3 t 2 ) (x,y,z) = (t, 3 - \frac t 2, 3- \frac t 2 ) and set t t unboundedly large.

Pi Han Goh - 6 years, 2 months ago

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Edited........

kritarth lohomi - 6 years, 2 months ago

Yeah , I agree with Pi Han Go .

Btw , is Parth your Brother ?

A Former Brilliant Member - 6 years, 2 months ago

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Yes @Azhaghu Roopesh M , He is.

Mehul Arora - 6 years, 2 months ago

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Oh , I see .

A Former Brilliant Member - 6 years, 2 months ago

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@A Former Brilliant Member ¨ \ddot\smile

Mehul Arora - 6 years, 2 months ago
Syed Hamza Khalid
Oct 15, 2017

2 × 2 × 2 = 8 , therefore xyz = 8. \large \color{#D61F06} 2 \times 2 \times 2 = 8, \text{ therefore xyz = 8.}

Another way would be to see that xyz represents the volume of a cuboid that maximizes with it being a cube. Hence x=y=z This gives x = 6÷3 = 2 Or, xyz = 8

Shinjita Awasthi - 11 months, 2 weeks ago
Darryl Dennis
Mar 22, 2015

I agree with Pi to make this question valid you should specify positive numbers.only.

X = any negative number say x = -1,000,000

Y= - X +7 y= 1,000,007

z =-1

there is no limit how large xyz can be.

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