A Cubic Constraint Minimum

★ 7/10Substitution algebra AM-GM inequality

Problem

Positive reals $x, y$ satisfy

xy(x + 2y) = 2.

Find the minimum of $x + y$ .

Answer

Solution

Difficulty	7/10
Topics	Substitution, algebra, AM-GM, inequality

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