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Algebra Difficulty 4.6 AIME Prove it JBMO

Problem:
Let a,b,ca, b, c be positive real numbers such that abc=8a b c=8. Prove that
ab+4a+2+bc+4b+2+ca+4c+26 \frac{a b+4}{a+2}+\frac{b c+4}{b+2}+\frac{c a+4}{c+2} \geq 6

Solution

Solution:
We have ab+4=8c+4=4(c+2)ca b+4=\frac{8}{c}+4=\frac{4(c+2)}{c} and similarly bc+4=4(a+2)ab c+4=\frac{4(a+2)}{a} and ca+4=4(b+2)bc a+4=\frac{4(b+2)}{b}. It follows that
(ab+4)(bc+4)(ca+4)=64abc(a+2)(b+2)(c+2)=8(a+2)(b+2)(c+2) (a b+4)(b c+4)(c a+4)=\frac{64}{a b c}(a+2)(b+2)(c+2)=8(a+2)(b+2)(c+2)
so that
(ab+4)(bc+4)(ca+4)(a+2)(b+2)(c+2)=8 \frac{(a b+4)(b c+4)(c a+4)}{(a+2)(b+2)(c+2)}=8
Applying AM-GM, we conclude:
ab+4a+2+bc+4b+2+ca+4c+23(ab+4)(bc+4)(ca+4)(a+2)(b+2)(c+2)3=6 \frac{a b+4}{a+2}+\frac{b c+4}{b+2}+\frac{c a+4}{c+2} \geq 3 \cdot \sqrt[3]{\frac{(a b+4)(b c+4)(c a+4)}{(a+2)(b+2)(c+2)}}=6
Alternatively, we can write LHS as
bc(ab+4)2(bc+4)+ac(bc+4)2(ac+4)+ab(ca+4)2(ab+4) \frac{b c(a b+4)}{2(b c+4)}+\frac{a c(b c+4)}{2(a c+4)}+\frac{a b(c a+4)}{2(a b+4)}
and then apply AM-GM.

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