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Source: 36-th Vietnamese Mathematical Olympiad 1998

February 17, 2007
analytic geometrytrigonometryinequalities proposedinequalities

Problem Statement

Find minimum value of F(x,y)=(x+1)2+(y1)2+(x1)2+(y+1)2+(x+2)2+(y+2)2F(x,y)=\sqrt{(x+1)^{2}+(y-1)^{2}}+\sqrt{(x-1)^{2}+(y+1)^{2}}+\sqrt{(x+2)^{2}+(y+2)^{2}}, where x,yRx,y\in\mathbb{R}.