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Re: 1) x^2 + y^2 > Z^2 X^2, Y^2, Z^2 are always positive [#permalink]
christinee wrote:
Please solve:

Is x^4 + y^4 > z^4?

1) x^2 + y^2 > z^2

2) x+y>z


2) x+y>z
we have: x^2+y^2>= [(x+y)^2] . 1/2 > z^2
So in this problem (1) is relatively stronger than (2). So if statement 1 is not suff, st 2 is too.
Statement 1: x^2 + y^2 > z^2
x^4+y^4 >= [(x^2+y^2)^2] . 1/2 > z^4 . 1/2
So statement 1 just determines that x^4 + y^4 > z^4 . 1/2 so insuf :P
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Re: 1) x^2 + y^2 > Z^2 X^2, Y^2, Z^2 are always positive [#permalink]
christinee wrote:
Please solve:

Is x^4 + y^4 > z^4? rephrase is x^4+y^4-z^4>0

1) x^2 + y^2 > z^2

2) x+y>z



from 1 ( square)

x^4+2x^2*y^2+y^4 > z^4

x^4+y^4 -z^4> 2x^2*y^2 thus the question became (WHETHER 2x^2*y^2 >0 we dont have enough info as x or y could = 0.......insuff

from 2

x+y>z......insuff
both
still insuff.....E
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Re: 1) x^2 + y^2 > Z^2 X^2, Y^2, Z^2 are always positive [#permalink]
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If you want to choose numbers here, you might notice that S1 looks a lot like the Pythagorean Theorem. In any right triangle with hypotenuse c, and legs a and b, we always have a + b > c, but a^2 + b^2 is not greater than c^2 (they're equal). So if we make x^2, y^2 and z^2 the lengths of three sides of a right triangle, we'll get numbers that demonstrate that x^4 + y^4 does not need to be larger than z^4. If you let, say, x^2 = 3, y^2 = 4 and z^2 = 5 (so x = root(3), y root(4) = 2, and z = root(5)), then x+y > z, x^2 + y^2 > z^2, but x^4 + y^4 = z^4.
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Re: 1) x^2 + y^2 > Z^2 X^2, Y^2, Z^2 are always positive [#permalink]
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If you want to choose numbers here, you might notice that S1 looks a lot like the Pythagorean Theorem. In any right triangle with hypotenuse c, and legs a and b, we always have a + b > c, but a^2 + b^2 is not greater than c^2 (they're equal). So if we make x^2, y^2 and z^2 the lengths of three sides of a right triangle, we'll get numbers that demonstrate that x^4 + y^4 does not need to be larger than z^4. If you let, say, x^2 = 3, y^2 = 4 and z^2 = 5 (so x = root(3), y root(4) = 2, and z = root(5)), then x+y > z, x^2 + y^2 > z^2, but x^4 + y^4 = z^4.

Thanks Ian..Its all about identifying the pattern :)



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