Tricky maxima minima

Algebra Level 4

If x , y R x , y \in R

If Maximum is M and Minimum is m of the expression

x 2 + y 2 x 2 + x y + 4 y 2 \frac{x^{2} + y^{2}}{x^{2} + xy + 4y^{2}}

If A denotes the average value of M and m , then find 6A.

Please post your solutions


The answer is 4.

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3 solutions

U Z
Dec 3, 2014

Let x 2 + y 2 = a 2 x^{2} + y^{2} = a^{2} ( a varies as (x,y varies)

x a = c o s z , y a = s i n z \frac{x}{a} = cosz , \frac{y}{a} = sinz

x 2 a 2 + y 2 a 2 x 2 a 2 + x a . y a + 4 y 2 a 2 \huge{\frac{ \frac{x^{2}}{a^{2}} + \frac{y^{2}}{a^{2}}}{ \frac{x^{2}}{a^{2}} + \frac{x}{a}.\frac{y}{a} + 4\frac{y^{2}}{a^{2}}}}

1 c o s 2 z + s i n z c o s z + 4 s i n 2 z \huge{ \frac{1}{cos^{2}z + sinzcosz + 4sin^{2}z}}

= 2 1 + c o s 2 z + s i n 2 z + 4 ( 1 c o s 2 z ) \huge{ = \frac{2}{1 + cos2z + sin2z + 4(1 - cos2z)}}

f ( z ) = 2 5 + s i n 2 z + 3 c o s 2 z f(z) =\frac{2}{5 + sin2z + 3cos2z}

f ( z ) m i n = 2 5 + 10 = 2 15 ( 5 10 ) f(z)_{min} = \frac{2}{5 + \sqrt{10}} = \frac{2}{15}( 5 - \sqrt{10})

f ( z ) m a x = 2 5 10 = 2 15 ( 5 + 10 ) f(z)_{max} = \frac{2}{5 - \sqrt{10}} = \frac{2}{15}(5 + \sqrt{10})

A = 2 3 , 6 A = 4 A = \frac{2}{3} , 6A =4

Nice ! I also did same by using Polar substitution ! , And Yet I Don't have any idea of any other approach except multi variables Calculus ( which is useless )

But Megh Please add in your solution That "a" is not constant , ( Since it does not necceerry that (x,y) constitute an circle but they Can be of any shape ) So that It avoids confusion which may arise in others mind !

Deepanshu Gupta - 6 years, 6 months ago

an easier solution I think is to let y/x = r and then change f(x,y) to f(r)

Mervin Mervin Mervin - 6 years, 4 months ago

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yeah..divided d whole equation by 'xy' thn substitutrd x/y as t..then diffetentiated.

Ankit Sharma - 5 years, 11 months ago
Aakash Khandelwal
Oct 10, 2015

It can be done by using quadratic also.

Rajen Kapur
Dec 3, 2014

Let the given expression be equal to t. On simplification (t - 1) x^2 + t xy + (4t - 1) = 0 has to have non-negative discriminant for real values of x and y. For -15t^2 + 20 t - 4 to be non-negative the two extreme values of t, the roots add to 20/15, i.e. 4/3, thus average 2/3 and multiplied by 6 gives 4 as answer.

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