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Example 11 For a,b,cR+a, b, c \in \mathbf{R}^{+}, find
(a+b)2+(a+b+4c)2abc(a+b+c)\frac{(a+b)^{2}+(a+b+4 c)^{2}}{a b c}(a+b+c)

the minimum value.

A number or a short expression. Spacing and $ signs are ignored.

Solution

Solve: By the AM-GM inequality, we have
(a+b)2+(a+b+4c)2=(a+b)2+[(a+2c)+(b+2c)]2(2ab)2+(22ac+22bc)2=4ab+8ac+8bc+16cab\begin{aligned} (a+b)^{2}+(a+b+4 c)^{2} & =(a+b)^{2}+[(a+2 c)+(b+2 c)]^{2} \\ & \geqslant(2 \sqrt{a b})^{2}+(2 \sqrt{2 a c}+2 \sqrt{2 b c})^{2} \\ & =4 a b+8 a c+8 b c+16 c \sqrt{a b} \end{aligned}

Thus,
(a+b)2+(a+b+4c)2abc(a+b+c)4ab+8ac+8bc+16cababc(a+b+c)=(4c+8b+8a+16ab)(a+b+c)=8(12c+1b+1a+1ab+1ab)(a2+a2+b2+b2+c)8(512a2b2c5)(5a2b2c245)=100.\begin{aligned} & \frac{(a+b)^{2}+(a+b+4 c)^{2}}{a b c} \cdot(a+b+c) \\ \geqslant & \frac{4 a b+8 a c+8 b c+16 c \sqrt{a b}}{a b c} \cdot(a+b+c) \\ = & \left(\frac{4}{c}+\frac{8}{b}+\frac{8}{a}+\frac{16}{\sqrt{a b}}\right)(a+b+c) \\ = & 8\left(\frac{1}{2 c}+\frac{1}{b}+\frac{1}{a}+\frac{1}{\sqrt{a b}}+\frac{1}{\sqrt{a b}}\right)\left(\frac{a}{2}+\frac{a}{2}+\frac{b}{2}+\frac{b}{2}+c\right) \\ \geqslant & 8\left(5 \sqrt[5]{\frac{1}{2 a^{2} b^{2} c}}\right)\left(5 \sqrt[5]{\frac{a^{2} b^{2} c}{2^{4}}}\right)=100 . \end{aligned}

Equality holds when a=b=2c>0a=b=2 c>0. Therefore, the minimum value is 100.

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