2018 USAMO Problems/Problem 1
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[hide]Problem 1
Let be positive real numbers such that . Prove that
Solution
WLOG let . Add to both sides of the inequality and factor to get:
The last inequality is true by AM-GM. Since all these steps are reversible, the proof is complete.
Solution 2
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Solution 3
Similarly to Solution 2, we will prove homogeneity but we will use that to solve the problem differently. Let . Note that , thus proving homogeneity.
WLOG, we can scale down all variables such that the lowest one is . WLOG, let this be . We now have , and we want to prove Adding to both sides and subtracting gives us , or . Let . Now, we have By the trivial inequality, this is always true. Since all these steps are reversible, the proof is complete. ~SigmaPiE