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Problem 801

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Algebra Difficulty 5.4 Find the answer

11. If the equation about xx
x2(a2+b26b)x+a2+b2+2a4b+1=0 x^{2}-\left(a^{2}+b^{2}-6 b\right) x+a^{2}+b^{2}+2 a-4 b+1=0

has two real roots x1,x2x_{1}, x_{2} satisfying x10x21x_{1} \leqslant 0 \leqslant x_{2} \leqslant 1, then the sum of the minimum and maximum values of a2+b2+4a+4a^{2}+b^{2}+4 a+4 is \qquad

A number or a short expression. Spacing, $ signs and \frac vs / are all fine.

Official solution

11.912+4511.9 \frac{1}{2}+4 \sqrt{5}.
Let f(x)=x2(a2+b26b)x+a2+b2+2a4b+1f(x)=x^{2}-\left(a^{2}+b^{2}-6 b\right) x+a^{2}+b^{2}+2 a-4 b+1.
From f(x)=0f(x)=0 with roots x10x21x_{1} \leqslant 0 \leqslant x_{2} \leqslant 1, we get f(0)0,f(1)0f(0) \leqslant 0, f(1) \geqslant 0.
Simplifying, we obtain (a+1)2+(b2)24(a+1)^{2}+(b-2)^{2} \leqslant 4, and
a+b+10 a+b+1 \geqslant 0 \text {. }

In the coordinate system with aa and bb as the horizontal and vertical axes, respectively, draw the planning region represented by the above two inequalities. a2+b2+4a+4=(a+2)2+b2a^{2}+b^{2}+4 a+4=(a+2)^{2}+b^{2} is the square of the distance from the point (a,b)(a, b) to the point (2,0)(-2,0).

Since the minimum value of the distance from the points in the planning region to the point (2,0)(-2,0) is the distance from the point (2,0)(-2,0) to the line a+b+1=0a+b+1=0, which is 12\frac{1}{\sqrt{2}}, and the maximum distance from the points in the planning region to the point (2,0)(-2,0) is the sum of the distance from (2,0)(-2,0) to the center of the circle (1,2)(-1,2) and the radius 2, which is 5+2\sqrt{5}+2, the minimum value of a2+b2+4a+4a^{2}+b^{2}+4 a+4 is 12\frac{1}{2}; the maximum value is (5+2)2=9+45(\sqrt{5}+2)^{2}=9+4 \sqrt{5}.
Therefore, the sum of the minimum and maximum values is 912+459 \frac{1}{2}+4 \sqrt{5}.

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