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Algebra Difficulty 5.0 AIME, harder Prove it Ukraine

Prove the inequality for positive aa, bb, cc, dd:
(a+b2c)2+(b+c2d)2+(c+d2a)2+(d+a2b)24. \left(\frac{a+b}{2c}\right)^2 + \left(\frac{b+c}{2d}\right)^2 + \left(\frac{c+d}{2a}\right)^2 + \left(\frac{d+a}{2b}\right)^2 \ge 4.

Solution

Consecutively use the inequalities of means:
(a+b2c)2+(b+c2d)2+(c+d2a)2+(d+a2b)2abc2+bcd2+cda2+dab22abbcabcbcd+2cddaababcb4abcbcdcdadab=4. \begin{aligned} & \left(\frac{a+b}{2c}\right)^2 + \left(\frac{b+c}{2d}\right)^2 + \left(\frac{c+d}{2a}\right)^2 + \left(\frac{d+a}{2b}\right)^2 \ge \frac{ab}{c^2} + \frac{bc}{d^2} + \frac{cd}{a^2} + \frac{da}{b^2} \ge \\ & \ge 2\sqrt{ab} \sqrt{bc} \frac{\sqrt{ab}}{c} \frac{\sqrt{bc}}{d} + 2\sqrt{cd} \sqrt{da} \frac{\sqrt{ab}}{a} \frac{\sqrt{bc}}{b} \ge 4\sqrt{\frac{ab}{c} \frac{\sqrt{bc}}{d} \frac{\sqrt{cd}}{a} \frac{\sqrt{da}}{b}} = 4. \end{aligned}

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