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Ratio Difference Crossed Value Determination (Posted on 2023-09-26) Difficulty: 3 of 5
Each of x and y is a real number that satisfies this equation:
 1     1      1
--- - --- = -----
 x     2y    2x+y
Determine the value of:
 y2     x2
---- + ----
 x2     y2

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Solution computer-assisted answer | Comment 2 of 3 |
syms x y
s=solve(1/x-1/(2*y)==1/(2*x+y))
x1=s(1); x2=s(2);
y^2/x1^2 + x1^2/y^2
y^2/x2^2 + x2^2/y^2
simplify(y^2/x1^2 + x1^2/y^2)
simplify(y^2/x2^2 + x2^2/y^2)

first finds two solutions:

s =
y/4 - (17^(1/2)*y)/4
y/4 + (17^(1/2)*y)/4

and evaluates the formula sought:


ans =
(y/4 - (17^(1/2)*y)/4)^2/y^2 + y^2/(y/4 - (17^(1/2)*y)/4)^2
ans =
(y/4 + (17^(1/2)*y)/4)^2/y^2 + y^2/(y/4 + (17^(1/2)*y)/4)^2

and simplifies each:

ans =
9/4
ans =
9/4

The answer is 9/4.

  Posted by Charlie on 2023-09-26 08:39:31
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