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Algebra Difficulty 6.0 AIME, harder Prove it

Example 4 Given x+2y+4z=12x+2 y+4 z=12, prove:
3x+4+6y+4+12z+412.\sqrt{3 x+4}+\sqrt{6 y+4}+\sqrt{12 z+4} \leqslant 12 .

Solution

Proof: Clearly, the function f(t)=tf(t)=\sqrt{t} is convex on (0,+)(0,+\infty), so by Jensen's inequality we have
3x+4+6y+4+12z+43(3x+4)+(6y+4)+(12z+4)3=33(x+2y+4z)+123=12.\begin{array}{l} \quad \sqrt{3 x+4}+\sqrt{6 y+4}+\sqrt{12 z+4} \leqslant 3 \cdot \\ \sqrt{\frac{(3 x+4)+(6 y+4)+(12 z+4)}{3}} \\ \quad=3 \cdot \sqrt{\frac{3(x+2 y+4 z)+12}{3}} \\ \quad=12 . \end{array}

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