AlgebraDifficulty 7.0National Olympiad, round 2Prove itHong Kong
Let a, b, c be positive real numbers. Prove that (a+b)2+(a+b+4c)2≥a+b+c100abc.
Solution
By the AM-GM inequality, we have (a+b+4c)2≥(2(a+b)(4c))2=16(a+b)c and a+b+c100abc≤a+b+c100c(2a+b)2=a+b+c25(a+b)2c. Therefore, it suffices to prove d2+16cd≥c+d25cd2 where d=a+b. Indeed, d2+16cd⇔d(16c+d)(c+d)⇔d(16c2−8cd+d2)⇔d(4c−d)2≥c+d25cd2≥25cd2≥0≥0. This is obviously true. Equality holds when a=b=2c.
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