We know that , the equality holds if and only if . That is, the square of the arithmetic mean of and is less than or equal to the arithmetic mean of the squares of and . This conclusion can be extended to three elements, that is, , and the equality holds if and only if .
Prove that , and the equality holds if and only if .
Given , , , if the inequality always holds, find the minimum value of the real number using the inequality from part .
Solution
### Solution:
#### Part (1) Proof:
We start by expanding and then subtracting the arithmetic mean of the squares from the square of the arithmetic mean for three elements :
Hence, we have proven that , and the equality holds if and only if .
#### Part (2) Finding the minimum value of :
Given the conditions , , , we apply the inequality from part (1) using , , and :
So, dividing both sides by , we get:
Since must always hold, we find:
Thus, the minimum value of that satisfies this inequality for all positive , , and is .
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