Find a least upper bound for $3^{x+y-4}+(x+y+1)2^{7-x-y}-3(x^2+y^2)$ with some constraint?

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This is a question in vietnamese national math exam at the end of 12th grade.

Given x,y are real numbers which satisfy the condition: $x+y+1=2(\sqrt{x-2}+\sqrt{y+3})$

Find a $m$ such that:

$3^{x+y-4}+(x+y+1)2^{7-x-y}-3(x^2+y^2)\leq m$

The answer as given is $m \geq 148/3$, which contradicts with wolfram alpha (it claims that it has no global maximum). I'm unable to find a counter example due to the non-linear nature of the system of equations.

I hope that math SE could help.

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Let $u=\sqrt{x-2}, v=\sqrt{y+3}\implies x=u^2+2,y=v^2-3$

We have $$u^2+2+v^2-3+1=2(u+v)$$ $$(u-1)^2+(v-1)^2=2$$

Set $u=\sqrt2 \sin t+1,v=\sqrt2 \cos t+1$, $t\in[\frac{\pi}4,\frac{3\pi}4]$

Substitute back to original equation:

\begin{align} x+y+1&=(\sqrt2 \sin t+1)^2+2+(\sqrt2 \cos t+1)^2-3+1\\&=4+2\sqrt2(\sin t+\cos t) \end{align}

Denote $L=x+y+1$.

Extremum of $L$ is obtained when $t=\frac{\pi}4$. (By differentitation) We get $L=8.$

Back to the inequality,

$$3^{L-5}+L\cdot2^{8-L}-3(x^2+y^2)\le m$$