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Algebra Difficulty 5.1 AIME, harder Prove it Iran

8abc(bc+12a+bc)+(ca+12b+ca)+(ab+12c+ab). 8abc \le \left(\sqrt{bc} + \frac{1}{2a + \sqrt{bc}}\right) + \left(\sqrt{ca} + \frac{1}{2b + \sqrt{ca}}\right) + \left(\sqrt{ab} + \frac{1}{2c + \sqrt{ab}}\right).
where aa, bb, cc are positive real numbers such that ab+bc+ca=1ab + bc + ca = 1.

Solution

12a+bc=ab+bc+ca2a+bc. \frac{1}{2a + \sqrt{bc}} = \frac{ab + bc + ca}{2a + \sqrt{bc}}.
Due to LM-GM, the inequality
ab+ca=a(b+c)a×2bc ab + ca = a(b + c) \geq a \times 2\sqrt{bc}
holds. Hence
12a+bc=ab+bc+ca2a+bc2abc+bc2a+bc=bc, \frac{1}{2a + \sqrt{bc}} = \frac{ab + bc + ca}{2a + \sqrt{bc}} \geq \frac{2a\sqrt{bc} + bc}{2a + \sqrt{bc}} = \sqrt{bc},
and so
bc+12a+bc2bc. \sqrt{bc} + \frac{1}{2a + \sqrt{bc}} \geq 2\sqrt{bc}.
Similarly, it is deduced that
ca+12b+ca2ca, \sqrt{ca} + \frac{1}{2b + \sqrt{ca}} \geq 2\sqrt{ca},
and
ab+12c+ab2ab. \sqrt{ab} + \frac{1}{2c + \sqrt{ab}} \geq 2\sqrt{ab}.
Multiplying the latest three inequalities leads to the desired conclusion. ■

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