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Thursday, December 5, 2013

Problem 1-5 Trivial Inequality

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Problem 1-5 (Algebra) [Difficulty 2] [PDF]

QUESTION
(Sipnayan 2011 High School Elims, Average Question 2) Suppose $x$ and $y$ are real numbers such that $$2x^2+y^2-2xy+12y+72\le0$$. What is the value of $x^2y$?


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Group into squares and apply the Trivial Inequality.

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Posted by henryjefferson at 7:00 AM No comments:
Labels: algebra, difficulty-2, inequalities, manipulation, problems, sipnayan
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