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Algebra Difficulty 7.9 National Olympiad, round 2 Prove it Hong Kong

Find all nonnegative real numbers aa, bb, cc such that
4a+9b+25c2a+3b+5c+4b+9c+25a2b+3c+5a+4c+9a+25b2c+3a+5b=10 \frac{4a + 9b + 25c}{2a + 3b + 5c} + \frac{4b + 9c + 25a}{2b + 3c + 5a} + \frac{4c + 9a + 25b}{2c + 3a + 5b} = 10

Solution

By the Cauchy-Schwarz inequality, we have
(a+b+c)(4a+9b+25c)(2a+3b+5c)2. (a + b + c)(4a + 9b + 25c) \geq (2a + 3b + 5c)^2.
This implies 4a+9b+25c2a+3b+5c2a+3b+5ca+b+c\frac{4a + 9b + 25c}{2a + 3b + 5c} \geq \frac{2a + 3b + 5c}{a + b + c}. Adding similar inequalities, we obtain
4a+9b+25c2a+3b+5c+4b+9c+25a2b+3c+5a+4c+9a+25b2c+3a+5b4a+9b+25ca+b+c+4b+9c+25ab+c+a+4c+9a+25bc+a+b=10a+10b+10ca+b+c=10. \begin{aligned} & \frac{4a + 9b + 25c}{2a + 3b + 5c} + \frac{4b + 9c + 25a}{2b + 3c + 5a} + \frac{4c + 9a + 25b}{2c + 3a + 5b} \\ \geq & \frac{4a + 9b + 25c}{a + b + c} + \frac{4b + 9c + 25a}{b + c + a} + \frac{4c + 9a + 25b}{c + a + b} \\ = & \frac{10a + 10b + 10c}{a + b + c} \\ = & 10. \end{aligned}

By the given condition, the equality should hold. This means we need
a:b:c=4a:9b:25c=25a:4b:9c=9a:25b:4c, a : b : c = 4a : 9b : 25c = 25a : 4b : 9c = 9a : 25b : 4c,
which means two of aa, bb, cc are zero, and the remaining can be any positive real number.

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