Greatest value

find teh greatest value of the expression (a-x)(b-y)(c-z)(ax+by+cz)where a,b,c are known +ve quatities and a-x,b-y,c-z are also +ve.

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Hari Shankar ·

For maximum value we choose x,y,z such that ax+by+cz>0

(a-x)(b-y)(c-z)(ax+by+cz) = \frac{1}{abc} (a^2-ax)(b^2-by)(c^2-cz)(ax+by+cz)

\le \frac{1}{abc} \left(\frac{(a^2-ax)+(b^2-by)+(c^2-cz)+(ax+by+cz)}{4}\right)^4

=\frac{1}{abc} \left(\frac{a^2+b^2+c^2}{4}\right)^4

Equality occurs when a-x = b-y = c-z = ax+by+cz

Now we have to examine that our conditions for equality do not contradict our requirements that the factors are each positive

So let a-x = b-y = c-z = ax+by+cz = k. So we need k>0

Its easy to see that from the above equations that k = \frac{a^2+b^2+c^2}{1+a+b+c}>0

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Che ·

thanq sir[1]

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