AlgebraDifficulty 7.0National olympiad, round 2Prove it
Example 4 (Problem 508 of the 2nd Issue in 2000) Let x,y,z∈R+, prove that: y+zx+z+xy+y+xz>2.
Solution
This inequality (Macedonia, 1995) is quite elegant, and a concise proof can be given using the AM-GM inequality. In fact, =⩾y+zx+z+xy+x+yz2x(y+z)2x+2y(z+x)2y+2z(x+y)2zx+(y+z)2x+y+(z+x)2y+z+(x+y)2z=2
The equality case, by the problem's condition, is easily excluded. In this problem, if we let x=b+c−a,y=c+a−b,z=a+b−c, we get Problem 548 from the 6th issue of 2001:
Given the side lengths a,b,c of △ABC, prove: ab+c−a+bc+a−b+ca+b−c>22
If the triangle is restricted to being an acute or right triangle, we have a similar problem:
Given the side lengths a,b,c of a non-obtuse △ABC, prove: ab2+c2−a2+bc2+a2−b2+ca2+b2−c2⩾22
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