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Algebra Difficulty 4.4 AIME Prove it Saudi Arabia

Prove the inequality for non-negative a,b,ca, b, c
a3a2+6b2+b3b2+6c2+c3c2+6a2(a+b+c)2. a \sqrt{3 a^{2}+6 b^{2}}+b \sqrt{3 b^{2}+6 c^{2}}+c \sqrt{3 c^{2}+6 a^{2}} \geq (a+b+c)^{2}.

Solution

Note that 3a2+6b2(a+2b)23 a^{2}+6 b^{2} \geq (a+2 b)^{2} is true for all real numbers a,ba, b. Indeed, after expanding and grouping we get 2a24ab+2b202 a^{2}-4 a b+2 b^{2} \geq 0 which is equivalent to 2(ab)202(a-b)^{2} \geq 0. So with non-negative numbers a,b,ca, b, c we have
a3a2+6b2+b3b2+6c2+c3c2+6a2a(a+2b)+b(b+2c)+c(c+2a)=(a+b+c)2. \begin{aligned} a \sqrt{3 a^{2}+6 b^{2}}+b \sqrt{3 b^{2}+6 c^{2}} & +c \sqrt{3 c^{2}+6 a^{2}} \\ \geq a(a+2 b)+b(b+2 c)+c(c+2 a) & =(a+b+c)^{2} . \end{aligned}
\square

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