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Algebra Difficulty 6.6 National olympiad Prove it

Problem 6: (《Mathematics Bulletin》 +2001.10 P-44) In ABC\triangle ABC, a,b,ca, b, c are the side lengths, ss is the semi-perimeter, ra,rb,rcr_{a}, r_{b}, r_{c} are the radii of the excircles, respectively. Prove that: ara+brb+crc2sr\sqrt{\frac{a}{r_{a}}}+\sqrt{\frac{b}{r_{b}}}+\sqrt{\frac{c}{r_{c}}} \geqslant \sqrt{\frac{2 s}{r}}. rr is the radius of the incircle.

Solution

Proof: From ()(*) and ra=rssar_{a}=\frac{r s}{s-a}, etc., we know that the original inequality is equivalent to
x(y+z)+y(z+x)+z(x+y) \sqrt{x(y+z)}+\sqrt{y(z+x)}+\sqrt{z(x+y)}
2(x+y+z)2x(y+z)+2y(z+x)+2z(x+y)2(x+y+z). \leqslant \sqrt{2}(x+y+z) \Leftrightarrow \sqrt{2 x(y+z)}+\sqrt{2 y(z+x)} \\ +\sqrt{2 z(x+y)} \leqslant 2(x+y+z).

According to the two-variable arithmetic-geometric mean inequality, we have
2x(y+z)+2y(z+x)+2z(x+y)12[(2x+y+z)+(2y+z+x)+(2z+x+y)]=2(x+y+z). \begin{array}{l} \quad \sqrt{2 x(y+z)}+\sqrt{2 y(z+x)}+ \\ \sqrt{2 z(x+y)} \leqslant \frac{1}{2}[(2 x+y+z)+(2 y+z+x) \\ +(2 z+x+y)]=2(x+y+z). \end{array}

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