Let , , and be non-negative real numbers satisfying . Prove that
Solution
Since , , , , we see that
Therefore it is enough to prove that . However, by the Cauchy-Schwartz inequality, we have
Equality holds only when and . Now it is easy to check that equality holds if and only if , or , .
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