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2. Let a,b,ca, b, c be positive numbers, then the minimum value of ca+b+ab+c+bc+a\frac{c}{a+b}+\frac{a}{b+c}+\frac{b}{c+a} is \qquad .

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Solution

Let's assume abca \leq b \leq c,
then a+ba+cb+c,1a+b1a+c1b+ca+b \leq a+c \leq b+c, \frac{1}{a+b} \geq \frac{1}{a+c} \geq \frac{1}{b+c},
so ca+b+ab+c+bc+a\frac{c}{a+b}+\frac{a}{b+c}+\frac{b}{c+a} is a sequence sum,
ca+b+ab+c+bc+aaa+b+bb+c+cc+aca+b+ab+c+bc+aba+b+cb+c+ac+a\begin{array}{l} \therefore \frac{c}{a+b}+\frac{a}{b+c}+\frac{b}{c+a} \geq \frac{a}{a+b}+\frac{b}{b+c}+\frac{c}{c+a} \\ \frac{c}{a+b}+\frac{a}{b+c}+\frac{b}{c+a} \geq \frac{b}{a+b}+\frac{c}{b+c}+\frac{a}{c+a} \end{array}

Adding the two inequalities gives the minimum value of ca+b+ab+c+bc+a\frac{c}{a+b}+\frac{a}{b+c}+\frac{b}{c+a} as 32\frac{3}{2}.

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