Let be the roots of the square trinomial , and be the roots of the square trinomial .
The minimum value of can be expessed in the form , where are integers and is a free-square number.
Find .
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Let L = g 3 ( a ) f ( c ) + g 3 ( b ) f ( d ) f ( x ) = x 2 − 2 x − 1 = g ( x ) + x Similarly g ( x ) = f ( x ) − x
Now, g ( a ) = f ( a ) − a = − a ( ∵ f ( a ) = 0 ) g ( b ) = f ( b ) − b = − b ( ∵ f ( b ) = 0 ) f ( c ) = g ( c ) + c = c ( ∵ g ( c ) = 0 ) f ( d ) = g ( d ) + d = d ( ∵ g ( d ) = 0 ) Now plugging these in L :- L = − ( a 3 c + b 3 d ) Now since f ( x ) = 0 ⟹ x = 1 ± 2 .
g ( x ) = 0 ⟹ x = 2 3 ± 1 3 .
We can clearly see that f(x) and g(x) both have a negative and a positive root . For L to be a minimum the quantity inside bracket ( i . e a 3 c + b 3 d ) must attain the largest p o s s i b l e p o s i t i v e value . This would happen when we choose a and c as the positive roots of f ( x ) and g ( x ) ( i . e 1 + 2 and 2 3 + 1 3 respectively). Hence L is minimum when a = 1 + 2 , b = 1 − 2 , c = 2 3 + 1 3 , d = 2 3 − 1 3 Substituting in L , we get: L = − ( ( 1 + 2 ) 3 ( 2 3 + 1 3 ) + ( 1 − 2 ) 3 ( 2 3 − 1 3 ) ) = − 2 1 − 5 2 6 ∴ − 2 1 − 5 + 2 6 = 0