Find $a^3 + b^3 +c^3, $ given $a+b+c=12$ and $a^3 cdot b^4 cdot c^5 = 0.1 cdot (600)^3$












1












$begingroup$


$a+b+c=12$ and $a^3 cdot b^4 cdot c^5 = 0.1 cdot (600)^3$.
Find $a^3 + b^3 +c^3 = ?$



My approach is to use AM-GM inequality. Is it correct?










share|cite|improve this question











$endgroup$












  • $begingroup$
    Instead of the lengthy title which adds nothing to the post, you should have presented your ideas in detail. Also, are there any conditions on the numbers? Positive? Integer? Rational?
    $endgroup$
    – A. Pongrácz
    Dec 19 '18 at 15:21
















1












$begingroup$


$a+b+c=12$ and $a^3 cdot b^4 cdot c^5 = 0.1 cdot (600)^3$.
Find $a^3 + b^3 +c^3 = ?$



My approach is to use AM-GM inequality. Is it correct?










share|cite|improve this question











$endgroup$












  • $begingroup$
    Instead of the lengthy title which adds nothing to the post, you should have presented your ideas in detail. Also, are there any conditions on the numbers? Positive? Integer? Rational?
    $endgroup$
    – A. Pongrácz
    Dec 19 '18 at 15:21














1












1








1





$begingroup$


$a+b+c=12$ and $a^3 cdot b^4 cdot c^5 = 0.1 cdot (600)^3$.
Find $a^3 + b^3 +c^3 = ?$



My approach is to use AM-GM inequality. Is it correct?










share|cite|improve this question











$endgroup$




$a+b+c=12$ and $a^3 cdot b^4 cdot c^5 = 0.1 cdot (600)^3$.
Find $a^3 + b^3 +c^3 = ?$



My approach is to use AM-GM inequality. Is it correct?







a.m.-g.m.-inequality






share|cite|improve this question















share|cite|improve this question













share|cite|improve this question




share|cite|improve this question








edited Dec 19 '18 at 15:58









Namaste

1




1










asked Dec 19 '18 at 14:56









Mark 7Mark 7

115




115












  • $begingroup$
    Instead of the lengthy title which adds nothing to the post, you should have presented your ideas in detail. Also, are there any conditions on the numbers? Positive? Integer? Rational?
    $endgroup$
    – A. Pongrácz
    Dec 19 '18 at 15:21


















  • $begingroup$
    Instead of the lengthy title which adds nothing to the post, you should have presented your ideas in detail. Also, are there any conditions on the numbers? Positive? Integer? Rational?
    $endgroup$
    – A. Pongrácz
    Dec 19 '18 at 15:21
















$begingroup$
Instead of the lengthy title which adds nothing to the post, you should have presented your ideas in detail. Also, are there any conditions on the numbers? Positive? Integer? Rational?
$endgroup$
– A. Pongrácz
Dec 19 '18 at 15:21




$begingroup$
Instead of the lengthy title which adds nothing to the post, you should have presented your ideas in detail. Also, are there any conditions on the numbers? Positive? Integer? Rational?
$endgroup$
– A. Pongrácz
Dec 19 '18 at 15:21










1 Answer
1






active

oldest

votes


















1












$begingroup$

If the numbers have to be positive, then the problem can be solved using AM-GM, indeed.



Namely, consider the following 12 numbers:



$frac{a}{3}, frac{a}{3}, frac{a}{3}, frac{b}{4}, frac{b}{4}, frac{b}{4}, frac{b}{4}, frac{c}{5}, frac{c}{5}, frac{c}{5}, frac{c}{5}, frac{c}{5}$.



The AM is $1$, as $a+b+c=12$.



Thus, the GM is at most $1$, so the product of these $12$ numbers is at most $1$, which yields
$frac{a^3b^4c^5}{3^3cdot 4^4cdot 5^5}leq 1$.
As $a^3b^4c^5 = 0.1cdot 600^3 = 3^3cdot 4^4cdot 5^5$, the above inequality is sharp: it holds with equality.
Thus the AM and the GM of the given $12$ numbers coincide, which means that all $12$ numbers must be equal.
Hence, $frac{a}{3}= frac{b}{4}= frac{c}{5}$.
Using $a+b+c=12$ we obtain $a=3, b=4, c=5$.
Now you just have to sustitute this into $a^3+b^3+c^3$, and you are done.






share|cite|improve this answer









$endgroup$













  • $begingroup$
    Thank you I got it:)
    $endgroup$
    – Mark 7
    Dec 21 '18 at 13:30










  • $begingroup$
    I'm glad I could help. If you are happy with the answer, you should accept it.
    $endgroup$
    – A. Pongrácz
    Dec 24 '18 at 22:08












Your Answer





StackExchange.ifUsing("editor", function () {
return StackExchange.using("mathjaxEditing", function () {
StackExchange.MarkdownEditor.creationCallbacks.add(function (editor, postfix) {
StackExchange.mathjaxEditing.prepareWmdForMathJax(editor, postfix, [["$", "$"], ["\\(","\\)"]]);
});
});
}, "mathjax-editing");

StackExchange.ready(function() {
var channelOptions = {
tags: "".split(" "),
id: "69"
};
initTagRenderer("".split(" "), "".split(" "), channelOptions);

StackExchange.using("externalEditor", function() {
// Have to fire editor after snippets, if snippets enabled
if (StackExchange.settings.snippets.snippetsEnabled) {
StackExchange.using("snippets", function() {
createEditor();
});
}
else {
createEditor();
}
});

function createEditor() {
StackExchange.prepareEditor({
heartbeatType: 'answer',
autoActivateHeartbeat: false,
convertImagesToLinks: true,
noModals: true,
showLowRepImageUploadWarning: true,
reputationToPostImages: 10,
bindNavPrevention: true,
postfix: "",
imageUploader: {
brandingHtml: "Powered by u003ca class="icon-imgur-white" href="https://imgur.com/"u003eu003c/au003e",
contentPolicyHtml: "User contributions licensed under u003ca href="https://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-sa/3.0/"u003ecc by-sa 3.0 with attribution requiredu003c/au003e u003ca href="https://stackoverflow.com/legal/content-policy"u003e(content policy)u003c/au003e",
allowUrls: true
},
noCode: true, onDemand: true,
discardSelector: ".discard-answer"
,immediatelyShowMarkdownHelp:true
});


}
});














draft saved

draft discarded


















StackExchange.ready(
function () {
StackExchange.openid.initPostLogin('.new-post-login', 'https%3a%2f%2fmath.stackexchange.com%2fquestions%2f3046473%2ffind-a3-b3-c3-given-abc-12-and-a3-cdot-b4-cdot-c5-0-1-cdo%23new-answer', 'question_page');
}
);

Post as a guest















Required, but never shown

























1 Answer
1






active

oldest

votes








1 Answer
1






active

oldest

votes









active

oldest

votes






active

oldest

votes









1












$begingroup$

If the numbers have to be positive, then the problem can be solved using AM-GM, indeed.



Namely, consider the following 12 numbers:



$frac{a}{3}, frac{a}{3}, frac{a}{3}, frac{b}{4}, frac{b}{4}, frac{b}{4}, frac{b}{4}, frac{c}{5}, frac{c}{5}, frac{c}{5}, frac{c}{5}, frac{c}{5}$.



The AM is $1$, as $a+b+c=12$.



Thus, the GM is at most $1$, so the product of these $12$ numbers is at most $1$, which yields
$frac{a^3b^4c^5}{3^3cdot 4^4cdot 5^5}leq 1$.
As $a^3b^4c^5 = 0.1cdot 600^3 = 3^3cdot 4^4cdot 5^5$, the above inequality is sharp: it holds with equality.
Thus the AM and the GM of the given $12$ numbers coincide, which means that all $12$ numbers must be equal.
Hence, $frac{a}{3}= frac{b}{4}= frac{c}{5}$.
Using $a+b+c=12$ we obtain $a=3, b=4, c=5$.
Now you just have to sustitute this into $a^3+b^3+c^3$, and you are done.






share|cite|improve this answer









$endgroup$













  • $begingroup$
    Thank you I got it:)
    $endgroup$
    – Mark 7
    Dec 21 '18 at 13:30










  • $begingroup$
    I'm glad I could help. If you are happy with the answer, you should accept it.
    $endgroup$
    – A. Pongrácz
    Dec 24 '18 at 22:08
















1












$begingroup$

If the numbers have to be positive, then the problem can be solved using AM-GM, indeed.



Namely, consider the following 12 numbers:



$frac{a}{3}, frac{a}{3}, frac{a}{3}, frac{b}{4}, frac{b}{4}, frac{b}{4}, frac{b}{4}, frac{c}{5}, frac{c}{5}, frac{c}{5}, frac{c}{5}, frac{c}{5}$.



The AM is $1$, as $a+b+c=12$.



Thus, the GM is at most $1$, so the product of these $12$ numbers is at most $1$, which yields
$frac{a^3b^4c^5}{3^3cdot 4^4cdot 5^5}leq 1$.
As $a^3b^4c^5 = 0.1cdot 600^3 = 3^3cdot 4^4cdot 5^5$, the above inequality is sharp: it holds with equality.
Thus the AM and the GM of the given $12$ numbers coincide, which means that all $12$ numbers must be equal.
Hence, $frac{a}{3}= frac{b}{4}= frac{c}{5}$.
Using $a+b+c=12$ we obtain $a=3, b=4, c=5$.
Now you just have to sustitute this into $a^3+b^3+c^3$, and you are done.






share|cite|improve this answer









$endgroup$













  • $begingroup$
    Thank you I got it:)
    $endgroup$
    – Mark 7
    Dec 21 '18 at 13:30










  • $begingroup$
    I'm glad I could help. If you are happy with the answer, you should accept it.
    $endgroup$
    – A. Pongrácz
    Dec 24 '18 at 22:08














1












1








1





$begingroup$

If the numbers have to be positive, then the problem can be solved using AM-GM, indeed.



Namely, consider the following 12 numbers:



$frac{a}{3}, frac{a}{3}, frac{a}{3}, frac{b}{4}, frac{b}{4}, frac{b}{4}, frac{b}{4}, frac{c}{5}, frac{c}{5}, frac{c}{5}, frac{c}{5}, frac{c}{5}$.



The AM is $1$, as $a+b+c=12$.



Thus, the GM is at most $1$, so the product of these $12$ numbers is at most $1$, which yields
$frac{a^3b^4c^5}{3^3cdot 4^4cdot 5^5}leq 1$.
As $a^3b^4c^5 = 0.1cdot 600^3 = 3^3cdot 4^4cdot 5^5$, the above inequality is sharp: it holds with equality.
Thus the AM and the GM of the given $12$ numbers coincide, which means that all $12$ numbers must be equal.
Hence, $frac{a}{3}= frac{b}{4}= frac{c}{5}$.
Using $a+b+c=12$ we obtain $a=3, b=4, c=5$.
Now you just have to sustitute this into $a^3+b^3+c^3$, and you are done.






share|cite|improve this answer









$endgroup$



If the numbers have to be positive, then the problem can be solved using AM-GM, indeed.



Namely, consider the following 12 numbers:



$frac{a}{3}, frac{a}{3}, frac{a}{3}, frac{b}{4}, frac{b}{4}, frac{b}{4}, frac{b}{4}, frac{c}{5}, frac{c}{5}, frac{c}{5}, frac{c}{5}, frac{c}{5}$.



The AM is $1$, as $a+b+c=12$.



Thus, the GM is at most $1$, so the product of these $12$ numbers is at most $1$, which yields
$frac{a^3b^4c^5}{3^3cdot 4^4cdot 5^5}leq 1$.
As $a^3b^4c^5 = 0.1cdot 600^3 = 3^3cdot 4^4cdot 5^5$, the above inequality is sharp: it holds with equality.
Thus the AM and the GM of the given $12$ numbers coincide, which means that all $12$ numbers must be equal.
Hence, $frac{a}{3}= frac{b}{4}= frac{c}{5}$.
Using $a+b+c=12$ we obtain $a=3, b=4, c=5$.
Now you just have to sustitute this into $a^3+b^3+c^3$, and you are done.







share|cite|improve this answer












share|cite|improve this answer



share|cite|improve this answer










answered Dec 19 '18 at 15:29









A. PongráczA. Pongrácz

6,0331929




6,0331929












  • $begingroup$
    Thank you I got it:)
    $endgroup$
    – Mark 7
    Dec 21 '18 at 13:30










  • $begingroup$
    I'm glad I could help. If you are happy with the answer, you should accept it.
    $endgroup$
    – A. Pongrácz
    Dec 24 '18 at 22:08


















  • $begingroup$
    Thank you I got it:)
    $endgroup$
    – Mark 7
    Dec 21 '18 at 13:30










  • $begingroup$
    I'm glad I could help. If you are happy with the answer, you should accept it.
    $endgroup$
    – A. Pongrácz
    Dec 24 '18 at 22:08
















$begingroup$
Thank you I got it:)
$endgroup$
– Mark 7
Dec 21 '18 at 13:30




$begingroup$
Thank you I got it:)
$endgroup$
– Mark 7
Dec 21 '18 at 13:30












$begingroup$
I'm glad I could help. If you are happy with the answer, you should accept it.
$endgroup$
– A. Pongrácz
Dec 24 '18 at 22:08




$begingroup$
I'm glad I could help. If you are happy with the answer, you should accept it.
$endgroup$
– A. Pongrácz
Dec 24 '18 at 22:08


















draft saved

draft discarded




















































Thanks for contributing an answer to Mathematics Stack Exchange!


  • Please be sure to answer the question. Provide details and share your research!

But avoid



  • Asking for help, clarification, or responding to other answers.

  • Making statements based on opinion; back them up with references or personal experience.


Use MathJax to format equations. MathJax reference.


To learn more, see our tips on writing great answers.




draft saved


draft discarded














StackExchange.ready(
function () {
StackExchange.openid.initPostLogin('.new-post-login', 'https%3a%2f%2fmath.stackexchange.com%2fquestions%2f3046473%2ffind-a3-b3-c3-given-abc-12-and-a3-cdot-b4-cdot-c5-0-1-cdo%23new-answer', 'question_page');
}
);

Post as a guest















Required, but never shown





















































Required, but never shown














Required, but never shown












Required, but never shown







Required, but never shown

































Required, but never shown














Required, but never shown












Required, but never shown







Required, but never shown







Popular posts from this blog

Plaza Victoria

In PowerPoint, is there a keyboard shortcut for bulleted / numbered list?

How to put 3 figures in Latex with 2 figures side by side and 1 below these side by side images but in...