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Algebra Difficulty 6.3 National olympiad Prove it

Example 3.2 (Huang Chendi) For all a,b,c[0,1]a, b, c \in [0,1], prove
(a+b+c)(1bc+1+1ca+1+1ab+1)5(a+b+c)\left(\frac{1}{bc+1}+\frac{1}{ca+1}+\frac{1}{ab+1}\right) \leqslant 5

Solution

(a+b+c)(1bc+1+1ca+1+1ab+1)=abc+1+bca+1+cab+1+b+cbc+1+c+aca+1+a+bab+1abc+1+bca+1+cab+1+1+1+1abc+1+bca+b+cab+c+3=abc+1caca+babab+c+5=a(1bc+1cca+bbab+c)+5a(1cc+bbb+c)+5=5\begin{array}{l} (a+b+c)\left(\frac{1}{bc+1}+\frac{1}{ca+1}+\frac{1}{ab+1}\right)= \\ \frac{a}{bc+1}+\frac{b}{ca+1}+\frac{c}{ab+1}+\frac{b+c}{bc+1}+\frac{c+a}{ca+1}+\frac{a+b}{ab+1} \leqslant \\ \frac{a}{bc+1}+\frac{b}{ca+1}+\frac{c}{ab+1}+1+1+1 \leqslant \\ \frac{a}{bc+1}+\frac{b}{ca+b}+\frac{c}{ab+c}+3= \\ \frac{a}{bc+1}-\frac{ca}{ca+b}-\frac{ab}{ab+c}+5= \\ a\left(\frac{1}{bc+1}-\frac{c}{ca+b}-\frac{b}{ab+c}\right)+5 \leqslant \\ a\left(1-\frac{c}{c+b}-\frac{b}{b+c}\right)+5=5 \end{array}

Equality holds if and only if a=0,b=c=1a=0, b=c=1 and its cyclic permutations, thus the proposition is proved!

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