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Print75th Romanian Mathematical Olympiad
Romania algebra
Problem
Determine the positive real numbers such that and
Solution
Adding to both sides of the second equation, we write: Applying the AM-GM inequality successively, we obtain: By adding these two inequalities and applying the AM-GM inequality again, we have:
From this, we obtain and Therefore, the desired numbers are , , , .
From this, we obtain and Therefore, the desired numbers are , , , .
Final answer
a = 2, b = 6, c = 18, d = 54
Techniques
QM-AM-GM-HM / Power MeanSums and products