AlgebraDifficulty 7.6National Olympiad, round 2Prove itHong Kong
For any positive real numbers a, b, c satisfying a+b+c=1, prove that a2−2bc+2c+b2−2ca+2a+c2−2ab+2b≥5.
Solution
Using the condition a+b+c=1, we obtain a2−2bc+2c=a2+2c(1−b)=a2+2c(a+c)=(c+a)2+c2. Similarly, the left-hand side of the inequality becomes (c+a)2+c2+(a+b)2+a2+(b+c)2+b2. By the triangle inequality, this is bounded below by ((c+a)+(a+b)+(b+c))2+(c+a+b)2=5. Equality holds when a=b=c=31.
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