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Algebra Difficulty 6.0 National Olympiad Prove it Hungary

Let aa, bb and cc be three distinct positive reals. The logarithmic mean of aa, bb, cc is defined by
$L(a,b,c) = 2 ( a ( a- b)( a-\text{2 ( a ( a- b)( a-} c)} +
b(lnblnc)(lnbln\frac{b}{(\ln b-\ln c)(\ln b-\ln} a)} +
c(lnclna)(lncln\frac{c}{(\ln c-\ln a)(\ln c-\ln} b)} ).$\left. \right).\$
Prove that abc3<L(a,b,c)<a+b+c3\sqrt[3]{abc} < L(a,b,c) < \frac{a+b+c}{3}.
(5 pont)

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