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Algebra Difficulty 6.5 National olympiad Find the answer

Example 2 Let p,qR+,x(0,π2)p, q \in \mathbf{R}^{+}, x \in\left(0, \frac{\pi}{2}\right), try to find
psinx+qcosx\frac{p}{\sqrt{\sin x}}+\frac{q}{\sqrt{\cos x}}

the minimum value.

A number or a short expression. Spacing and $ signs are ignored.

Solution

By Cauchy-Schwarz inequality, we have
(pm+qn)2(psinx+qcosx)(msinx+ncosx)(\sqrt{p m}+\sqrt{q n})^{2} \leqslant\left(\frac{p}{\sqrt{\sin x}}+\frac{q}{\sqrt{\cos x}}\right)(m \sqrt{\sin x}+n \sqrt{\cos x})

Equality holds if and only if psinxmsinx=qcosxncosx\frac{\frac{p}{\sqrt{\sin x}}}{m \sqrt{\sin x}}=\frac{\frac{q}{\sqrt{\cos x}}}{n \sqrt{\cos x}}. Hence,
tanx=npmq\tan x=\frac{n p}{m q}

Also,
(msinx+ncosx)2=(maasinx+nbbcosx)2(m \sqrt{\sin x}+n \sqrt{\cos x})^{2}=\left(\frac{m}{a} \cdot a \sqrt{\sin x}+\frac{n}{b} \cdot b \sqrt{\cos x}\right)^{2}
(m2a2+n2b2)(a2sinx+b2cosx)(m2a2+n2b2)a4+b4\begin{array}{l} \leqslant\left(\frac{m^{2}}{a^{2}}+\frac{n^{2}}{b^{2}}\right)\left(a^{2} \sin x+b^{2} \cos x\right) \\ \leqslant\left(\frac{m^{2}}{a^{2}}+\frac{n^{2}}{b^{2}}\right) \sqrt{a^{4}+b^{4}} \end{array}

Equality holds if and only if tanx=a2b2,a2sinxm2a2=b2cosxn2b2\tan x=\frac{a^{2}}{b^{2}}, \frac{a^{2} \sin x}{\frac{m^{2}}{a^{2}}}=\frac{b^{2} \cos x}{\frac{n^{2}}{b^{2}}}, i.e., tanx=b4m2a4n2=a2b2\tan x=\frac{b^{4} m^{2}}{a^{4} n^{2}}=\frac{a^{2}}{b^{2}}. Hence,
mn=a3b3,tanx=(mn)23\frac{m}{n}=\frac{a^{3}}{b^{3}}, \tan x=\left(\frac{m}{n}\right)^{\frac{2}{3}}

And
msinx+ncosx(m43+n43)34,m \sqrt{\sin x}+n \sqrt{\cos x} \leqslant\left(m^{\frac{4}{3}}+n^{\frac{4}{3}}\right)^{\frac{3}{4}},

Thus,
(mn)23=npmqmn=(pq)35\begin{array}{l} \left(\frac{m}{n}\right)^{\frac{2}{3}}=\frac{n p}{m q} \\ \frac{m}{n}=\left(\frac{p}{q}\right)^{\frac{3}{5}} \end{array}

Let m=p35,n=q35m=p^{\frac{3}{5}}, n=q^{\frac{3}{5}}, then
psinx+qcosx(pm+nq)2(m43+n43)34=(p45+q45)54,\frac{p}{\sqrt{\sin x}}+\frac{q}{\sqrt{\cos x}} \geqslant \frac{(\sqrt{p m}+\sqrt{n q})^{2}}{\left(m^{\frac{4}{3}}+n^{\frac{4}{3}}\right)^{\frac{3}{4}}}=\left(p^{\frac{4}{5}}+q^{\frac{4}{5}}\right)^{\frac{5}{4}},

Equality holds if and only if tanx=(mn)23=[(pq)35]23=(pq)25\tan x=\left(\frac{m}{n}\right)^{\frac{2}{3}}=\left[\left(\frac{p}{q}\right)^{\frac{3}{5}}\right]^{\frac{2}{3}}=\left(\frac{p}{q}\right)^{\frac{2}{5}}.

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