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For all real x, the minimum value of $\frac{1-x+x^2}{1+x+x^2}$ is |
0 $\frac{1}{3}$ 1 3 |
$\frac{1}{3}$ |
$y=\frac{1-x+x^2}{1+x+x^2}=1-\frac{2 x}{1+x+x^2}=1-\frac{2}{\frac{1}{x}+1+x}=1-\frac{2}{t}$ where $t=\frac{1}{x}+1+x$ Now, y is min : when $\frac{2}{t}$ is max. ⇒ t is min. ∴ $\frac{d t}{d x}=-\frac{1}{x^2}+1=0 \Rightarrow x= \pm 1$ $\frac{d^2 t}{d x^2}=\frac{2}{x^3}>0$ for x = 1 ∴ min. value of y is $1-\frac{2}{1+1+1}=1-\frac{2}{3}=\frac{1}{3}$. |