New Home Forums Math Olympiad - IOQM Inequality

Tagged: 

Viewing 2 posts - 1 through 2 (of 2 total)
  • Author
    Posts
  • #67081
    Akash Arjun
    Participant

     

    PLEASE GIVE AN DETAILED EXPLANATION

    #67202
    Saumik Karfa
    Participant

    $2\sum x_ix_j = [\sum x_i]^2-\sum x_i^2$

    But $\sum x_i^2 = 101$ [since, $x_i^2$ is always 1]

    Therefore $\sum x_ix_j = \frac{[\sum x_i]^2-101}{2}$

    We want the smallest positive value then $\sum x_i \geq 11$

    therefore smallest value of $\sum x_i$ is $11$ then

    $\sum x_ix_j =\frac{121-101}{2}=10$

Viewing 2 posts - 1 through 2 (of 2 total)
  • You must be logged in to reply to this topic.
linkedin facebook pinterest youtube rss twitter instagram facebook-blank rss-blank linkedin-blank pinterest youtube twitter instagram