The sum of two positive numbers is 42. What is the smalles possible value of the sum of their squares?

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Mkey [24]2 years ago

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Okie, it is not too hard.
Set these numbers a and b, notice a, b positive.
We have a+b=42.
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Or you can use the formula of Cauchy

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