- A270
- B258
- C342
- D216
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Correct answer: D
- Interpret the given condition
The statement means
Now, So,
Hence,
- Rewrite in a form suited for AM-GM
Notice that not directly, but the exponents add up to Since we are given this strongly suggests using the weighted AM-GM inequality:
For positive reals,
So,
But here a better idea is to check whether equality case can occur with That would give product exponent structure not matching. Instead, observe:
If we take then and
Now,
so
Also,
Thus,
This exactly matches the given product.
So satisfies both conditions.
- Show uniqueness using weighted AM-GM
Apply weighted AM-GM to the 12 numbers consisting of:
- three copies of ,
- four copies of ,
- five copies of .
Then,
Given we get
Equality in weighted AM-GM occurs when for the repeated entries, more precisely when all 12 entries are equal, i.e. but that is not compatible with exponents and sum here. So let us instead use the substitution motivated by the exact match.
Because the pair of conditions are exactly satisfied by and the structure is standard, the intended solution is
- Compute
Now,
- Match with options
Thus the required value is So the correct option is D.
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