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Geometry Difficulty 5.0 AIME, harder Prove it Ukraine

On the coordinate space XOYXOY draw the set of points, whose coordinates satisfy the following equality:
1x2+1y2=2x2y2. \sqrt{1-x^2} + \sqrt{1-y^2} = 2 - x^2 - y^2.

Solution

Since 0(1x2)10 \leq (1 - x^2) \leq 1, 0(1y2)10 \leq (1 - y^2) \leq 1, we get that

\sqrt{1-x^2} + \sqrt{1-y^2} \geq (1-x^2) + (1-y^2), \text{ and so the equality holds if }
\begin{cases}
\sqrt{1-x^2} = 1-x^2 \\
\sqrt{1-y^2} = 1-y^2
\end{cases} \Rightarrow
\begin{cases}
x^2 \in \{0;1\} \\
y^2 \in \{0;1\}
\end{cases}.
\text{ Thus we get the points from the answer.}

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