#Numbers - 19
While multiplying three real numbers, Ashok took one of the numbers as 73 instead of 37. As a result, the product went up by 720. Then the minimum possible value of the sum of squares of the other two numbers is _________?
SOLUTION -
Let the other two numbers be x and y.
Correct Product = x*y*37
Incorrect Product = x*y*73
Difference = 720
=> 73xy - 37xy = 720
=> 36xy = 720
=> xy = 20 -----------------(i)
Now, we know that,
(x^2 + y^2)/2 ≥ (x^2 * y^2)^(1/2) [ AM ≥ GM ]
=> (x^2 + y^2) ≥ 2*(xy)
=> (x^2 + y^2) ≥ 2*20
=> (x^2 + y^2) ≥ 40 ANS
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