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Algebra Difficulty 6.2 National Olympiad Prove it Vietnam

Solve the following system of equations on R\mathbb{R}
{(sin⁡x)2+1(sin⁡x)2+(cos⁡y)2+1(cos⁡y)2=20yx+y,(sin⁡y)2+1(sin⁡y)2+(cos⁡x)2+1(cos⁡x)2=20xx+y. \begin{cases} \sqrt{(\sin x)^2 + \frac{1}{(\sin x)^2}} + \sqrt{(\cos y)^2 + \frac{1}{(\cos y)^2}} = \sqrt{\frac{20y}{x+y}}, \\ \sqrt{(\sin y)^2 + \frac{1}{(\sin y)^2}} + \sqrt{(\cos x)^2 + \frac{1}{(\cos x)^2}} = \sqrt{\frac{20x}{x+y}}. \end{cases}

Solution

Note that x≠kπ2x \neq \frac{k\pi}{2}, y≠mπ2y \neq \frac{m\pi}{2} (k,m∈Zk, m \in \mathbb{Z}) and xy>0xy > 0. From the given condition, one can get
A=20xy(x+y)2, A = 20 \sqrt{\frac{xy}{(x+y)^2}},
where AA equals to the product of two left hand sides of the given system. Using the Cauchy-Schwarz and AM-GM inequality
(sin⁡2x+1sin⁡2x)(cos⁡2x+1cos⁡2x)≥(∣sin⁡xcos⁡x∣+1∣sin⁡xcos⁡x∣)2=(∣sin⁡2x∣2+12∣sin⁡2x∣+32∣sin⁡2x∣)2≥(1+32)2=(52)2. \begin{aligned} & (\sin^2 x + \frac{1}{\sin^2 x})(\cos^2 x + \frac{1}{\cos^2 x}) \\ & \geq (|\sin x \cos x| + \frac{1}{|\sin x \cos x|})^2 \\ & = (\frac{|\sin 2x|}{2} + \frac{1}{2|\sin 2x|} + \frac{3}{2|\sin 2x|})^2 \\ & \geq (1 + \frac{3}{2})^2 = (\frac{5}{2})^2. \end{aligned}
Similarly, we have
(sin⁡2y+1sin⁡2y)(cos⁡2y+1cos⁡2y)≥(52)2 (\sin^2 y + \frac{1}{\sin^2 y})(\cos^2 y + \frac{1}{\cos^2 y}) \geq (\frac{5}{2})^2
Therefore, applying AM-GM inequality, we obtain
A≥4(52)44=10≥20xy(x+y)2 A \geq 4\sqrt[4]{\left(\frac{5}{2}\right)^4} = 10 \geq 20\sqrt{\frac{xy}{(x+y)^2}}
The equality occurs if and only if ∣sin⁡2x∣=1|\sin 2x| = 1 and x=y=π4+kπ2x = y = \frac{\pi}{4} + \frac{k\pi}{2} where k∈Zk \in \mathbb{Z}. It is easy to check that these solutions satisfy the given system. Thus, x=y=π4+kπ2x = y = \frac{\pi}{4} + \frac{k\pi}{2} where k∈Zk \in \mathbb{Z} are all solutions of the given system. □\square

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