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Grade 10

A minimum in disguise

A constraint that looks cubic hides a difference of squares. Rewrite it around x + y and the minimum falls out of one inequality step.

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    Minimum value

    Positive numbers xx and yy satisfy xy(x+2y)=16.xy(x + 2y) = 16. What is the smallest possible value of x+yx + y?