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Example 2 Given real numbers x,y,z>3x, y, z > 3, find all real solutions (x,y,z)(x, y, z) of the equation
(x+2)2y+z2+(y+4)2z+x4+(z+6)2x+y6=36\frac{(x+2)^{2}}{y+z-2}+\frac{(y+4)^{2}}{z+x-4}+\frac{(z+6)^{2}}{x+y-6}=36

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Solution

Given x,y,z>3x, y, z > 3, we know
y+z2>0,z+x4>0,x+y6>0y+z-2>0, z+x-4>0, x+y-6>0

By the Cauchy-Schwarz inequality, we have
[(x+2)2y+z2+(y+4)2x+z4+(z+6)2x+y6][(y+z2)+(x+z4)+(x+y6)](x+y+z+12)2(x+2)2y+z2+(y+4)2x+z4+(z+6)2x+y612(x+y+z+12)2x+y+z6\begin{aligned} & {\left[\frac{(x+2)^{2}}{y+z-2}+\frac{(y+4)^{2}}{x+z-4}+\frac{(z+6)^{2}}{x+y-6}\right] } \\ & {[(y+z-2)+(x+z-4)+(x+y-6)] } \\ \geqslant & (x+y+z+12)^{2} \\ \Leftrightarrow & \frac{(x+2)^{2}}{y+z-2}+\frac{(y+4)^{2}}{x+z-4}+\frac{(z+6)^{2}}{x+y-6} \\ \geqslant & \frac{1}{2} \cdot \frac{(x+y+z+12)^{2}}{x+y+z-6} \end{aligned}

Combining with the given equation, we get
(x+y+z+12)2x+y+z672\frac{(x+y+z+12)^{2}}{x+y+z-6} \leqslant 72

When x+2y+z2=y+4x+z4=z+6x+y6=λ\frac{x+2}{y+z-2}=\frac{y+4}{x+z-4}=\frac{z+6}{x+y-6}=\lambda, i.e.,
{λ(y+z)x=2(λ+1)λ(x+z)y=4(λ+1)λ(x+y)z=6(λ+1)\left\{\begin{array}{l} \lambda(y+z)-x=2(\lambda+1) \\ \lambda(x+z)-y=4(\lambda+1) \\ \lambda(x+y)-z=6(\lambda+1) \end{array}\right.

the equality in (35) holds.
Let w=x+y+z+12w=x+y+z+12. Then
(x+y+z+12)2x+y+z6=w2w18\frac{(x+y+z+12)^{2}}{x+y+z-6}=\frac{w^{2}}{w-18}

Also,
w2w184×18=72w24×18w+4×1820(w36)20(x+y+z+12)2x+y+z672\begin{array}{l} \frac{w^{2}}{w-18} \geqslant 4 \times 18=72 \\ \Leftrightarrow w^{2}-4 \times 18 w+4 \times 18^{2} \geqslant 0 \\ \Leftrightarrow(w-36)^{2} \geqslant 0 \\ \frac{(x+y+z+12)^{2}}{x+y+z-6} \geqslant 72 \end{array}

When
w=x+y+z+12=36x+y+z=24\begin{array}{l} w=x+y+z+12=36 \\ \Leftrightarrow x+y+z=24 \end{array}

the equality in (37) holds.
From (35) and (37), we get
(x+y+z+12)2x+y+z6=72\frac{(x+y+z+12)^{2}}{x+y+z-6}=72

From the system of equations (36) and (38), we get
{(2λ1)(x+y+z)=12(λ+1),x+y+z=24λ=1\left\{\begin{array}{l} (2 \lambda-1)(x+y+z)=12(\lambda+1), \\ x+y+z=24 \end{array} \Rightarrow \lambda=1\right.

Substituting λ=1\lambda=1 into the system of equations (36), we get
{y+zx=4x+zy=8,x+yz=12(x,y,z)=(10,8,6)\left\{\begin{array}{l} y+z-x=4 \\ x+z-y=8, \\ x+y-z=12 \end{array} \Rightarrow(x, y, z)=(10,8,6)\right.

Therefore, the unique real solution is
(x,y,z)=(10,8,6)(x, y, z)=(10,8,6)

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