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Algebra Difficulty 6.3 National olympiad Prove it Greece

Find all triples of real numbers (x,y,z)(x, y, z) which are greater than 33 and satisfy the equality:
(x+2)2y+z2+(y+4)2z+x4+(z+6)2x+y6=36. \frac{(x+2)^2}{y+z-2} + \frac{(y+4)^2}{z+x-4} + \frac{(z+6)^2}{x+y-6} = 36.

Solution

Since x,y,zx, y, z are greater than 33, it follows that y+z2,z+x4,x+y6y+z-2, z+x-4, x+y-6 are positive. Thus, from Cauchy-Schwarz inequality we get:
((x+2)2y+z2+(y+4)2x+z4+(z+6)2x+y6)((y+z2)+(x+z4)+(x+y6))(x+y+z+12)2(x+2)2y+z2+(y+4)2x+z4+(z+6)2x+y612(x+y+z+12)2(x+y+z6). \left( \frac{(x+2)^2}{y+z-2} + \frac{(y+4)^2}{x+z-4} + \frac{(z+6)^2}{x+y-6} \right) \left( (y+z-2) + (x+z-4) + (x+y-6) \right) \geq (x+y+z+12)^2 \\ \Leftrightarrow \frac{(x+2)^2}{y+z-2} + \frac{(y+4)^2}{x+z-4} + \frac{(z+6)^2}{x+y-6} \geq \frac{1}{2} \cdot \frac{(x+y+z+12)^2}{(x+y+z-6)}.
From the hypothesis of the problem it follows that
(x+y+z+12)2(x+y+z6)72,(1) \frac{(x+y+z+12)^2}{(x+y+z-6)} \leq 72, \qquad (1)
where as the equality holds when:
x+2y+z2=y+4x+z4=z+6x+y6=λ{λ(y+z)x=2(λ+1)λ(x+z)y=4(λ+1)λ(x+y)z=6(λ+1).(2) \frac{x+2}{y+z-2} = \frac{y+4}{x+z-4} = \frac{z+6}{x+y-6} = \lambda \Leftrightarrow \begin{cases} \lambda(y+z) - x = 2(\lambda+1) \\ \lambda(x+z) - y = 4(\lambda+1) \\ \lambda(x+y) - z = 6(\lambda+1) \end{cases}. \qquad (2)
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Moreover, we observe that:
(x+y+z+12)2(x+y+z6)=(x+y+z+12)2(x+y+z+12)18=ω2ω18, \frac{(x+y+z+12)^2}{(x+y+z-6)} = \frac{(x+y+z+12)^2}{(x+y+z+12)-18} = \frac{\omega^2}{\omega-18},
where we have put ω=x+y+z+12\omega = x + y + z + 12. Since we have
ω2ω18418=72ω2418ω+41820(ω36)20, \frac{\omega^2}{\omega-18} \geq 4 \cdot 18 = 72 \Leftrightarrow \omega^2 - 4 \cdot 18\omega + 4 \cdot 18^2 \geq 0 \Leftrightarrow (\omega - 36)^2 \geq 0,
it follows that
(x+y+z+12)2(x+y+z6)72.(3) \frac{(x+y+z+12)^2}{(x+y+z-6)} \geq 72. \qquad (3)
Equality holds when:
ω=x+y+z+12=36x+y+z=24(4) \omega = x + y + z + 12 = 36 \Leftrightarrow x + y + z = 24 \qquad (4)
From relations (1) and (3) follows that:
(x+y+z+12)2(x+y+z6)=72, \frac{(x+y+z+12)^2}{(x+y+z-6)} = 72,
and thus equations (2) are (4) are valid, and hence we have the system
{(2λ1)(x+y+z)=12(λ+1)x+y+z=24}λ=1. \left\{ \begin{array}{l} (2\lambda - 1)(x + y + z) = 12(\lambda + 1) \\ x + y + z = 24 \end{array} \right\} \Rightarrow \lambda = 1.
For λ=1\lambda = 1, from relations (2) we get the system :
{y+zx=4x+zy=8x+yz=12}(x,y,z)=(10,8,6). \left\{ \begin{array}{l} y+z-x=4 \\ x+z-y=8 \\ x+y-z=12 \end{array} \right\} \Leftrightarrow (x,y,z)=(10,8,6).
Therefore the unique solution of the problem is the triple (x,y,z)=(10,8,6)(x, y, z) = (10, 8, 6), taking in mind that it satisfies the equation x+y+z=24x + y + z = 24.

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