[TEX]y = {(\sin x - \cos x)^2} + 2\cos 2x + 3\sin x\cos x = 1 + \frac{1}{2} {\rm{sin2}}x + 2\cos 2x\\
\sqrt {{a^2} + {b^2}} = \sqrt {\frac{1}{4} + 4} = \frac{{\sqrt {17} }}{2} \Rightarrow\frac{1}{2} {\rm{sin2}}x + 2\cos 2x\\ =\frac{{\sqrt {17} }}{2}\left( {\frac{{\sqrt {17} }}{{17}} {\rm{sin2}}x + \frac{{4\sqrt {17} }}{{17}}\cos 2x} \right)\\
\Leftrightarrow \frac{{\sqrt {17} }}{2}\left( {\cos \alpha {\rm{sin2}}x + \sin \alpha \cos 2x} \right) \Leftrightarrow \frac{{\sqrt {17} }}{2}\sin \left( {2x + \alpha } \right)\\
- \frac{{\sqrt {17} }}{2} \le \frac{{\sqrt {17} }}{2}\sin \left( {2x + \alpha } \right) \le \frac{{\sqrt {17} }}{2}\\
\Leftrightarrow - \frac{{\sqrt {17} }}{2} + 1 \le \frac{{\sqrt {17} }}{2}\sin \left( {2x + \alpha } \right)+1 \le \frac{{\sqrt {17} }}{2} + 1\\
\Leftrightarrow - \frac{{\sqrt {17} }}{2} + 1 \le y \le \frac{{\sqrt {17} }}{2} + 1\\
\Rightarrow \max y = \frac{{\sqrt {17} }}{2} + 1,\min y = - \frac{{\sqrt {17} }}{2} + 1
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