Suppose that x , y , and z are real numbers such that x + y + z =

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2022-06-17

Suppose that x, y, and z are real numbers such that x + y + z = 3 and x 2 + y 2 + z 2 = 6. What is the largest possible value of z?
I tried applying Cauchy-Schwarz to get ( x 2 + y 2 + z 2 ) ( 1 + 1 + 1 ) ( x + y + z ) 2 , but this doesn't say anything. I also tried some different ways to apply Cauchy, but they all didn't do much.

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Lisbonaid

Lisbonaid

Beginner2022-06-18Added 22 answers

Since you tried using CS inequality, here is a way:
( 1 + 1 ) ( x 2 + y 2 ) ( x + y ) 2 2 ( 6 z 2 ) ( 3 z ) 2 1 + 2 z 1 2

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