Solve in real numbers the equation .
Solution
We notice that . The given equation can be written as .
From the AM-GM inequality we have:
Also, using the AM-GM inequality, we have:
which implies that . Therefore, we need equality in all AM-GM inequalities applied above, which is equivalent to , so is the unique solution of the given equation.
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