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2003 USAMO Problems/Problem 5

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Problem

Let $a$ , $b$ , $c$ be positive real numbers. Prove that

$\dfrac{(2a + b + c)^2}{2a^2 + (b + c)^2} + \dfrac{(2b + c + a)^2}{2b^2 + (c + a)^2} + \dfrac{(2c + a + b)^2}{2c^2 + (a + b)^2...$

Solution

solution by paladin8:

WLOG, assume $a + b + c = 3$ .

Then the LHS becomes $\sum \frac {(a + 3)^2}{2a^2 + (3 - a)^2} = \sum \frac {a^2 + 6a + 9}{3a^2 - 6a + 9} = \sum \left(\frac {1}{3} + \frac {8a + 6...$ .

Notice $3a^2 - 6a + 9 = 3(a - 1)^2 + 6 \ge 6$ , so $\frac {8a + 6}{3a^2 - 6a + 9} \le \frac {8a + 6}{6}$ .

So $\sum \frac {(a + 3)^2}{2a^2 + (3 - a)^2} \le \sum \left(\frac {1}{3} + \frac {8a + 6}{6}\right) = 1 + \frac {8(a + b + c) + 1...$ as desired.

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