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= Solution

The unrestricted maximum-likelihood estimates are $(\bar X,\bar Y)$, while the null fixes both means at zero. Hence
$$
-2\log\Lambda=m\bar X^2+n\bar Y^2.
$$
Under the null this is $\chi^2_2$, so the size-$\alpha$ <generalized likelihood-ratio test> rejects exactly when
$$
\boxed{m\bar X^2+n\bar Y^2>F_2^{-1}(1-\alpha).}
$$

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