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Algebra Difficulty 5.9 AIME, harder Prove it

Example 4.24a,b,c>0,a+b+c34.24 a, b, c>0, a+b+c \geqslant 3, prove that
1a2+b+c+1b2+c+a+1c2+a+b1\frac{1}{a^{2}+b+c}+\frac{1}{b^{2}+c+a}+\frac{1}{c^{2}+a+b} \leqslant 1

Solution

Notice that 1+b+ca2+b+c1+b+c \approx a^{2}+b+c, we can consider multiplying both the numerator and the denominator by 1+b+c1+b+c, and then perform the bounding
1+b+c(a2+b+c)(1+b+c)1+b+c(a+b+c)2=3+2a(a)21\sum \frac{1+b+c}{\left(a^{2}+b+c\right)(1+b+c)} \leqslant \sum \frac{1+b+c}{(a+b+c)^{2}}=\frac{3+2 \sum a}{\left(\sum a\right)^{2}} \leqslant 1

Proved.

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