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Algebra Difficulty 7.0 National olympiad, round 2 Prove it

Example 35: (2007 China Girls' Mathematical Olympiad) Given a,b,c0a, b, c \geq 0, and a+b+c=1a+b+c=1, prove:
a+14(bc)2+b+c3.\sqrt{a+\frac{1}{4}(b-c)^{2}}+\sqrt{b}+\sqrt{c} \leq \sqrt{3} .

Solution

(a+14(bc)2+b+c)2=(a+14(bc)2+b+c2+b+c2)23[a+14(bc)2+(b+c2)2+(b+c2)2]=3[1(b+c)+14(bc)2+12(b+c)+bc]=3[112(b+c)+14(bc)2+bc]=3[112(bc)2+14(bc)2]\begin{array}{l} \left(\sqrt{a+\frac{1}{4}(b-c)^{2}}+\sqrt{b}+\sqrt{c}\right)^{2} \\ =\left(\sqrt{a+\frac{1}{4}(b-c)^{2}}+\frac{\sqrt{b}+\sqrt{c}}{2}+\frac{\sqrt{b}+\sqrt{c}}{2}\right)^{2} \\ \leq 3\left[a+\frac{1}{4}(b-c)^{2}+\left(\frac{\sqrt{b}+\sqrt{c}}{2}\right)^{2}+\left(\frac{\sqrt{b}+\sqrt{c}}{2}\right)^{2}\right] \\ =3\left[1-(b+c)+\frac{1}{4}(b-c)^{2}+\frac{1}{2}(b+c)+\sqrt{b c}\right] \\ =3\left[1-\frac{1}{2}(b+c)+\frac{1}{4}(b-c)^{2}+\sqrt{b c}\right] \\ =3\left[1-\frac{1}{2}(\sqrt{b}-\sqrt{c})^{2}+\frac{1}{4}(b-c)^{2}\right] \end{array}

To prove the inequality ()(*), it is sufficient to prove:
112(bc)2+14(bc)211-\frac{1}{2}(\sqrt{b}-\sqrt{c})^{2}+\frac{1}{4}(b-c)^{2} \leq 1

which is equivalent to 12(bc)2+14(bc)20-\frac{1}{2}(\sqrt{b}-\sqrt{c})^{2}+\frac{1}{4}(b-c)^{2} \leq 0,
which in turn is equivalent to (bc)22(bc)20(b-c)^{2}-2(\sqrt{b}-\sqrt{c})^{2} \leq 0,
or (bc)2[(b+c)22]0\quad(\sqrt{b}-\sqrt{c})^{2}\left[(\sqrt{b}+\sqrt{c})^{2}-2\right] \leq 0.
Since (b+c)2=b+c+2bc2(b+c)<2(a+b+c)=2(\sqrt{b}+\sqrt{c})^{2}=b+c+2 \sqrt{b c} \leq 2(b+c)<2(a+b+c)=2, the inequality ()(**) holds, and thus the inequality ()(*) is proved.

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