BLR Let a,b,c be positive real numbers such that ab+bc+ca≤3abc. Prove that a+ba2+b2+b+cb2+c2+c+ac2+a2+3≤2(a+b+b+c+c+a).
Solution
Starting with the terms of the right-hand side, the quadratic-arithmetic-mean inequality yields 2a+b=2a+bab21(2+aba2+b2)≥2a+bab⋅21(2+aba2+b2)=a+b2ab+a+ba2+b2 and, analogously, 2b+c≥b+c2bc+b+cb2+c2,2c+a≥c+a2ca+c+ac2+a2. Applying the inequality between the arithmetic mean and the squared harmonic mean will finish the proof: a+b2ab+b+c2bc+c+a2ca≥3⋅2aba+b2+2bcb+c2+2cac+a32=3⋅ab+bc+ca3abc≥3.
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