Question Number 181875 by mr W last updated on 01/Dec/22
$${if}\:{a}+{b}+{c}=\mathrm{0},\:{find}\:{the}\:{maximum}\:{of} \\ $$$$\frac{\mid{a}+\mathrm{2}{b}+\mathrm{3}{c}\mid}{\:\sqrt{{a}^{\mathrm{2}} +{b}^{\mathrm{2}} +{c}^{\mathrm{2}} }}. \\ $$
Commented by mr W last updated on 01/Dec/22
$${Q}\mathrm{181318}\:{reposted},\:{asking}\:{for}\:{more} \\ $$$${solutions}. \\ $$
Commented by SEKRET last updated on 01/Dec/22
$$\:\:\boldsymbol{\mathrm{what}}\:\boldsymbol{\mathrm{happened}}\:\boldsymbol{\mathrm{to}}\:\boldsymbol{\mathrm{previos}}\:\boldsymbol{\mathrm{solutions}} \\ $$
Commented by mr W last updated on 01/Dec/22
$${they}\:{are}\:{there},\:{nothing}\:{happened}. \\ $$
Answered by SEKRET last updated on 01/Dec/22
$$\boldsymbol{\mathrm{max}}\:\left(\sqrt{\mathrm{2}\:}\:\right) \\ $$
Commented by mr W last updated on 01/Dec/22
$${please}\:{show}\:{your}\:{solution}. \\ $$
Answered by SEKRET last updated on 01/Dec/22
$$\:\:\:\boldsymbol{\mathrm{c}}\:=\:−\left(\boldsymbol{\mathrm{b}}+\boldsymbol{\mathrm{a}}\right)\:\:\:\:\boldsymbol{\mathrm{a}}+\mathrm{2}\boldsymbol{\mathrm{b}}−\mathrm{3}\left(\boldsymbol{\mathrm{b}}+\boldsymbol{\mathrm{a}}\right)=\:−\left(\boldsymbol{\mathrm{b}}+\mathrm{2}\boldsymbol{\mathrm{a}}\right) \\ $$$$\boldsymbol{\mathrm{a}}^{\mathrm{2}} +\boldsymbol{\mathrm{b}}^{\mathrm{2}} +\left(\boldsymbol{\mathrm{a}}+\boldsymbol{\mathrm{b}}\right)^{\mathrm{2}} =\mathrm{2}\boldsymbol{\mathrm{a}}^{\mathrm{2}} +\mathrm{2}\boldsymbol{\mathrm{b}}^{\mathrm{2}} +\mathrm{2}\boldsymbol{\mathrm{ab}} \\ $$$$\:\frac{\mid\boldsymbol{\mathrm{b}}+\mathrm{2}\boldsymbol{\mathrm{a}}\mid}{\:\sqrt{\mathrm{2}}\:\centerdot\sqrt{\boldsymbol{\mathrm{a}}^{\mathrm{2}} +\boldsymbol{\mathrm{b}}^{\mathrm{2}} +\boldsymbol{\mathrm{ab}}}}\:\:\:\:\:\:\:\:\:\:\:\boldsymbol{\mathrm{b}}=\:\boldsymbol{\mathrm{ax}} \\ $$$$\:\:\:\:\:\frac{\mid\boldsymbol{\mathrm{a}}\mid\centerdot\mid\boldsymbol{\mathrm{x}}+\mathrm{2}\mid}{\:\sqrt{\mathrm{2}}\:\centerdot\mid\boldsymbol{\mathrm{a}}\mid\centerdot\sqrt{\boldsymbol{\mathrm{x}}^{\mathrm{2}} +\boldsymbol{\mathrm{x}}+\mathrm{1}}}=\:\frac{\mid\boldsymbol{\mathrm{x}}+\mathrm{2}\mid}{\:\sqrt{\mathrm{2}}\centerdot\sqrt{\boldsymbol{\mathrm{x}}^{\mathrm{2}} +\boldsymbol{\mathrm{x}}+\mathrm{1}}}=\boldsymbol{\mathrm{f}}\left(\boldsymbol{\mathrm{x}}\right) \\ $$$$\:\boldsymbol{\mathrm{f}}\:'\:\left(\boldsymbol{\mathrm{x}}\right)=\mathrm{0}\:\:\:\:\:\:\frac{−\mathrm{3}\boldsymbol{\mathrm{x}}}{\mathrm{2}\sqrt{\mathrm{2}\:}\centerdot\sqrt{\left(\boldsymbol{\mathrm{x}}^{\mathrm{2}} +\boldsymbol{\mathrm{x}}+\mathrm{1}\right)^{\mathrm{3}} }}\:=\mathrm{0} \\ $$$$\:\:\boldsymbol{\mathrm{x}}=\mathrm{0}\:\:\:\:\boldsymbol{\mathrm{f}}\left(\mathrm{0}\right)=\frac{\mathrm{2}}{\:\sqrt{\mathrm{2}}}\:=\:\sqrt{\mathrm{2}} \\ $$$$ \\ $$
Commented by mr W last updated on 01/Dec/22
$${thanks}! \\ $$
Answered by mr W last updated on 02/Dec/22
$$\left.\underline{\boldsymbol{{I}}\right)\:\boldsymbol{{regular}}\:\boldsymbol{{method}}} \\ $$$${b}=−\left({a}+{c}\right) \\ $$$${f}=\frac{\mid{a}+\mathrm{2}{b}+\mathrm{3}{c}\mid}{\:\sqrt{{a}^{\mathrm{2}} +{b}^{\mathrm{2}} +{c}^{\mathrm{2}} }} \\ $$$$=\frac{\mid{a}−\mathrm{2}{a}−\mathrm{2}{c}+\mathrm{3}{c}\mid}{\:\sqrt{{a}^{\mathrm{2}} +\left({a}+{c}\right)^{\mathrm{2}} +{c}^{\mathrm{2}} }} \\ $$$$=\frac{\mid{c}−{a}\mid}{\:\sqrt{\mathrm{2}\left({a}^{\mathrm{2}} +{ac}+{c}^{\mathrm{2}} \right)}} \\ $$$$=\frac{\mid{k}−\mathrm{1}\mid}{\:\sqrt{\mathrm{2}\left(\mathrm{1}+{k}+{k}^{\mathrm{2}} \right)}}\:\:\:\:{with}\:{k}=\frac{{c}}{{a}} \\ $$$$=\frac{\mid{k}−\mathrm{1}\mid}{\:\sqrt{\mathrm{2}\left(\left({k}−\mathrm{1}\right)^{\mathrm{2}} +\mathrm{3}\left({k}−\mathrm{1}\right)+\mathrm{3}\right)}}\: \\ $$$$=\frac{\mid{u}\mid}{\:\sqrt{\mathrm{2}\left({u}^{\mathrm{2}} +\mathrm{3}{u}+\mathrm{3}\right)}}\:\:\:\:{with}\:{u}={k}−\mathrm{1} \\ $$$$=\frac{\mathrm{1}}{\:\sqrt{\mathrm{2}\left(\frac{\mathrm{3}}{{u}^{\mathrm{2}} }+\frac{\mathrm{3}}{{u}}+\mathrm{1}\right)}} \\ $$$$=\frac{\mathrm{1}}{\:\sqrt{\mathrm{6}\left[\left(\frac{\mathrm{1}}{{u}}+\frac{\mathrm{1}}{\mathrm{2}}\right)^{\mathrm{2}} +\frac{\mathrm{1}}{\mathrm{12}}\right]}} \\ $$$$\leqslant\frac{\mathrm{1}}{\:\sqrt{\mathrm{6}×\frac{\mathrm{1}}{\mathrm{12}}}}=\sqrt{\mathrm{2}} \\ $$$$\Rightarrow{maximum}\:=\sqrt{\mathrm{2}}\: \\ $$$${at}\:{u}=−\mathrm{2}={k}−\mathrm{1}=\frac{{c}}{{a}}−\mathrm{1}\:\Rightarrow{c}+{a}=\mathrm{0},\:{b}=\mathrm{0} \\ $$
Commented by SEKRET last updated on 01/Dec/22
$$\:\:\:\boldsymbol{\mathrm{super}} \\ $$
Answered by mr W last updated on 02/Dec/22
$$\left.\underline{\boldsymbol{{II}}\right)\:\boldsymbol{{geometric}}\:\boldsymbol{{method}}} \\ $$$${image}\:{we}\:{have}\:{a}\:{plane}\:{with}\:{following} \\ $$$${equation}: \\ $$$${ax}+{by}+{cz}=\mathrm{0} \\ $$$${this}\:{plane}\:{passes}\:{through}\:{the}\:{origin} \\ $$$${A}\left(\mathrm{0},\mathrm{0},\mathrm{0}\right). \\ $$$${since}\:{a}+{b}+{c}=\mathrm{0},\:{it}\:{means}\:{the}\:{plane} \\ $$$${passes}\:{also}\:{through}\:{the}\:{pointB}\left(\mathrm{1},\mathrm{1},\mathrm{1}\right). \\ $$$${we}\:{know}\:\frac{\mid{a}+\mathrm{2}{b}+\mathrm{3}{c}\mid}{\:\sqrt{{a}^{\mathrm{2}} +{b}^{\mathrm{2}} +{c}^{\mathrm{2}} }}\:{represents}\:{the} \\ $$$${distance}\:{from}\:{the}\:{point}\:{P}\left(\mathrm{1},\mathrm{2},\mathrm{3}\right)\:{to}\:{the} \\ $$$${plane}\:{ax}+{by}+{cz}=\mathrm{0}.\: \\ $$$${now}\:{we}\:{only}\:{need}\:{to}\:{find}\:{the}\:{largest} \\ $$$${distance}\:{from}\:{the}\:{point}\:{P}\left(\mathrm{1},\mathrm{2},\mathrm{3}\right)\:{to}\:{the} \\ $$$${plane}\:{ax}+{by}+{cz}=\mathrm{0}.\: \\ $$$${since}\:{the}\:{plane}\:{passes}\:{through}\:{the} \\ $$$${points}\:{A}\left(\mathrm{0},\mathrm{0},\mathrm{0}\right)\:{and}\:{B}\left(\mathrm{1},\mathrm{1},\mathrm{1}\right),\:{the} \\ $$$${largest}\:{distance}\:{from}\:{point}\:{P}\:{to}\:{the}\: \\ $$$${plane}\:{is}\:{the}\:{distance}\:{from}\:{point}\:{P}\:{to}\: \\ $$$${the}\:{line}\:{AB}. \\ $$$$\boldsymbol{{AB}}=\left(\mathrm{1},\mathrm{1},\mathrm{1}\right) \\ $$$$\boldsymbol{{AP}}=\left(\mathrm{1},\mathrm{2},\mathrm{3}\right) \\ $$$$\boldsymbol{{AP}}×\boldsymbol{{AB}}=\left(\mathrm{1},\mathrm{2},\mathrm{3}\right)×\left(\mathrm{1},\mathrm{1},\mathrm{1}\right)=\left(\mathrm{1},\mathrm{2},\mathrm{1}\right) \\ $$$${d}=\frac{\mid\boldsymbol{{AP}}×\boldsymbol{{AB}}\mid}{\mid\boldsymbol{{AB}}\mid}=\frac{\sqrt{\mathrm{1}^{\mathrm{2}} +\mathrm{2}^{\mathrm{2}} +\mathrm{1}^{\mathrm{2}} }}{\:\sqrt{\mathrm{1}^{\mathrm{2}} +\mathrm{1}^{\mathrm{2}} +\mathrm{1}^{\mathrm{2}} }}=\frac{\sqrt{\mathrm{6}}}{\:\sqrt{\mathrm{3}}}=\sqrt{\mathrm{2}} \\ $$$${that}\:{means}\:{maximum}\:{of}\:\frac{\mid{a}+\mathrm{2}{b}+\mathrm{3}{c}\mid}{\:\sqrt{{a}^{\mathrm{2}} +{b}^{\mathrm{2}} +{c}^{\mathrm{2}} }} \\ $$$${is}\:\sqrt{\mathrm{2}}. \\ $$
Commented by mr W last updated on 01/Dec/22
Commented by mr W last updated on 02/Dec/22
$${alternative}: \\ $$$$\mathrm{cos}\:\theta=\frac{\left(\mathrm{1},\mathrm{2},\mathrm{3}\right)\centerdot\left(\mathrm{1},\mathrm{1},\mathrm{1}\right)}{\:\sqrt{\left(\mathrm{1}^{\mathrm{2}} +\mathrm{1}^{\mathrm{2}} +\mathrm{1}^{\mathrm{2}} \right)\left(\mathrm{1}^{\mathrm{2}} +\mathrm{2}^{\mathrm{2}} +\mathrm{3}^{\mathrm{2}} \right)}}=\frac{\sqrt{\mathrm{6}}}{\:\sqrt{\mathrm{7}}} \\ $$$$\mathrm{sin}\:\theta=\frac{\mathrm{1}}{\:\sqrt{\mathrm{7}}} \\ $$$${d}={AP}\:\mathrm{sin}\:\theta=\sqrt{\mathrm{14}}×\frac{\mathrm{1}}{\:\sqrt{\mathrm{7}}}=\sqrt{\mathrm{2}} \\ $$