The Diameter of a Quartic Region

★ 7/10ExtremaSubstitutionanalytic geometry

Problem

Define the diameter of a plane region as the largest distance between two of its points. Find the diameter of the region enclosed by

x4+y2=1.x^4 + y^2 = 1.

Answer

Solution

Difficulty7/10
TopicsExtrema, Substitution, analytic geometry

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