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a_{1}^{2}+ a_{2}^{2}+a_{3}^{2}= 25

b_{1}^{2}+b_{2}^{2}+b_{3}^{2}=100

b_{1}a_{1}+b_{2}a_{2}+b_{3}a_{3}= 50

Find \; \; \frac{a_{1}^{n}+a_{2}^{n}+a_{3}^{n}}{b_{1}^{n}+ b_{2}^{n}+b_{3}^{n}}

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Hari Shankar ·

CS kills it at sight

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Philip Calvert ·

Let \ \vec{a}=a_1\hat{i}+a_2\hat{j}+a_3\hat{k} \\ \ \ and\ \vec{b}=b_1\hat{i}+b_2\hat{j}+b_3\hat{k}

u'll notice that a || b

Hence\ \; \; \frac{a_{1}^{n}+a_{2}^{n}+a_{3}^{n}}{b_{1}^{n}+ b_{2}^{n}+b_{3}^{n}}=2^{-n}

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Philip Calvert ·

@ sir : CS -- Counter Strike ??

didnt get ?

anyways i think my soln is okay....
but pls tell your method

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Philip Calvert ·

Oh if it is Cauchy schwarz that you meant then Im ok even without seeing that soln...

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Anirudh Kumar ·

yeah . thanks for the solutions.

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abhishek93 Singh ·

plz explain!

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Lokesh Verma ·

if you noticed, philip you used the proof of CS [6]

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virang1 Jhaveri ·

is CS there for jee?

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virang1 Jhaveri ·

Can you explain properly how did u do the question.

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Philip Calvert ·

@Nishant Bhaiyya : yes, I noticed just after i wrote that this could be a nice proof for CS. atleast in exact such form for three variables.

However i think it could be extended to any number of variables by induction.

The thought of extending such a nice one by induction was definitely not as satisfying ..so i had a vague idea that something like an n-dimensional vector should exist and sure enough (as i came to know some time later) it does.

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