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Grade Select GradeDifferential Calculus

If P=x3 - 1/x3 and Q=x-1/x , x belongs from 0 to infinity , find the minimum value of P/Q2

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11 Years agoGrade Select Grade
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ApprovedApproved Tutor Answer11 Years ago
P = x- 1/x3 =(x-1/x)(x+1/x2 +1)
Q=x – 1/x 
 
 
P/Q  when simplified it comes in the form of (x-1/x)+3/(x-1/x) 
then we can apply A.M greater than or equal to G.M
we get the minimum value of p/q2 as 2(3)1/2
 
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11 Years ago
if you feel the answer is right then approve it
Profile image of grenade
11 Years ago
but i was getting answer 2
Profile image of udit maniyar
11 Years ago
did u get this after simplification p/q2 =  (x –  1/x) + 3/(x – 1/x) 
 
Profile image of grenade
11 Years ago
askiitians faculty pl. help us 
Profile image of Tulika Sureka
11 Years ago
2(3)1/2 is the correct