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Funny Stuff ! (Posted on 2002-06-20)

Given:

   a,b,c >0 and a+b+c=1 ;
   P=(1/a)+(2/b)+(3/c);

1)Find the minimum value of P;
2)Does P have maximum value ?

See The Solution Submitted by vohonam

Rating: 3.4286 (7 votes)

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re(4): Puzzle Answer

| Comment 17 of 19 |

(In reply to re(3): Puzzle Answer by Steven Lord)

Je regrette mon erreur! You are absolutely right of course!! The foregoing anomaly originated from only a partial reading of vohonam's official solution.

Now that I have read the other posts, I am convinced that indeed- the required minimum value of P is ~ 17.1915.

Edited on September 5, 2022, 12:51 pm

Posted by K Sengupta on 2022-09-05 12:39:30

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