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Algebra Difficulty 4.8 AIME Prove it Ukraine

For positive integers, prove the inequality:
y2x+y+z2y+z+x2z+x1. \frac{y}{2x + y} + \frac{z}{2y + z} + \frac{x}{2z + x} \geq 1.

Solution

We prove it by using Cauchy–Schwarz inequality:
(y2x+y+z2y+z+x2z+x)(x+y+z)2=(y2x+y+z2y+z+x2z+x)(y(2x+y)+z(2y+z)+x(2z+x))(y2x+yy(2x+y)+z2y+zz(2y+z)+x2z+xx(2z+x))2=(x+y+z)2. \left(\frac{y}{2x+y} + \frac{z}{2y+z} + \frac{x}{2z+x}\right) (x+y+z)^2 = \left(\frac{y}{2x+y} + \frac{z}{2y+z} + \frac{x}{2z+x}\right) \left(y(2x+y) + z(2y+z) + x(2z+x)\right) \geq \left(\sqrt{\frac{y}{2x+y}} \cdot \sqrt{y(2x+y)} + \sqrt{\frac{z}{2y+z}} \cdot \sqrt{z(2y+z)} + \sqrt{\frac{x}{2z+x}} \cdot \sqrt{x(2z+x)}\right)^2 = (x+y+z)^2.

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