document.write( "Question 1148538: Given that -4 ≤ x ≤ -2 and 2 ≤ y ≤ 4, what is the largest possible value of (x+y)/x? \n" ); document.write( "
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document.write( "Our function is  \"%28x%2By%29%2Fx\" = 1 + \"y%2Fx\".      (1)\r\n" );
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document.write( "The given area is the square  ABCD  in quadrant  QII  with the vertices  \r\n" );
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document.write( "A= (-4,2),  B= (-2,2),  C= (-2,4),  D= (-4,4).\r\n" );
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document.write( "The given function, OBVIOUSLY, adds the ratio  \"y%2Fx\"  to the value of 1.\r\n" );
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document.write( "But this ratio  \"y%2Fx\"  is negative in QII.\r\n" );
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document.write( "Thus the function (1), actually, adds NEGATIVE amount to 1.\r\n" );
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document.write( "    - When the function (1) will have the largest value ?\r\n" );
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document.write( "    - OBVIOUSLY, when this negative addend  \"y%2Fx\"  will have minimal absolute value.\r\n" );
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document.write( "        - When this addend  \"y%2Fx\"  will have minimal absolute value ?\r\n" );
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document.write( "        - OBVIOUSLY,  when positive \"y\" is minimal and negative \"x\" has maximal absolute value.\r\n" );
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document.write( "             - Now, what is the point of the given square, where positive \"y\" is minimal and negative \"x\" has maximal absolute value ?\r\n" );
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document.write( "             - OBVIOUSLY, this point is  A= (-4,2).\r\n" );
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document.write( "Then the larges possible value of  the function  \"%28x%2By%29%2Fx\"   is   \"1+%2B+y%2Fx\" = \"1+%2B+%282%2F%28-4%29%29\" = 1 - \"1%2F2\" = \"1%2F2\".    ANSWER\r\n" );
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