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Algebra Difficulty 6.5 National olympiad Prove it

Example 8. Let a,b,ca, b, c be positive numbers, prove that
cyc(a+b)a(b+c)(2a+b+c)34\sum_{c y c} \frac{(a+b) a}{(b+c)(2 a+b+c)} \geqslant \frac{3}{4}

Solution

Proof: Let x=a+b,y=b+c,z=c+ax=a+b, y=b+c, z=c+a, then the original inequality is equivalent to
x(xy+z)y(z+x)+y(yz+x)z(x+y)+z(zx+y)x(y+z)32\frac{x(x-y+z)}{y(z+x)}+\frac{y(y-z+x)}{z(x+y)}+\frac{z(z-x+y)}{x(y+z)} \geqslant \frac{3}{2}

Notice that
x(xy+z)y(z+x)=(xyz+xz+y)+xy+z\sum \frac{x(x-y+z)}{y(z+x)}=\sum\left(\frac{x}{y}-\frac{z+x}{z+y}\right)+\sum \frac{x}{y+z}

By Cauchy's inequality, we have
xy+z+yz+x+zx+y32\frac{x}{y+z}+\frac{y}{z+x}+\frac{z}{x+y} \geqslant \frac{3}{2}

From the previous problem, we know
xy+yz+zxz+xz+y+x+yx+z+y+zy+x\frac{x}{y}+\frac{y}{z}+\frac{z}{x} \geqslant \frac{z+x}{z+y}+\frac{x+y}{x+z}+\frac{y+z}{y+x}

Adding the above two inequalities yields the proof.
Proof: When a,b,ca, b, c are positive real numbers, we can consider the inverse Ravi substitution to simplify the problem.

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