✔ 最佳答案
a. L.H.S. = (a + b)4 – 4ab(a + b)2 + 2a2b2
= (a4 + 4a3b + 6a2b2 + 4ab3 + b4) – 4ab(a2 + 2ab + b2) + 2a2b2 (binomial theorem)
= a4 + 4a3b + 6a2b2 + 4ab3 + b4 – 4a3b – 8a2b2 – 4ab3 + 2a2b2
= a4 + b4
= R.H.S.
b. a > 0, b < 0
a + b = 1
a4 + b4 = 97
i.e. (a + b)4 – 4ab(a + b)2 + 2a2b2 = 97 (from a)
(1)4 – 4ab(1)2 + 2(ab)2 = 97
2(ab)2 – 4ab – 96 = 0
(ab)2 – 2ab – 48 = 0
(ab - 8)(ab + 6) = 0
ab = 8 (rejected, since a > 0, b < 0, ab < 0) or -6
So, ab = -6
For a + b = 1, ab = -6, a4 + b4 = 97
The only possibility which satisfy the condition is:
a = 3, b = -2