2001 IMO Problems/Problem 2

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Problem

Let $a,b,c$ be positive real numbers. Prove that $\frac{a}{\sqrt{a^{2}+8bc}}+\frac{b}{\sqrt{b^{2}+8ca}}+\frac{c}{\sqrt{c^{2}+8ab}}\ge 1$

Solution

Solution using Holder's

By Holder's inequality, $\left(\sum\frac{a}{\sqrt{a^{2}+8bc}}\right)\left(\sum\frac{a}{\sqrt{a^{2}+8bc}}\right)\left(\sum a(a^{2}+8bc)\right)\ge (a+b+c)^{3}$ Thus we need only show that $(a+b+c)^{3}\ge a^{3}+b^{3}+c^{3}+24abc$ Which is obviously true since $(a+b)(b+c)(c+a)\ge 8abc$.

Alternate Solution using Jensen's

By Jensen's, $\frac{a}{\sqrt{a^{2}+8bc}}+\frac{b}{\sqrt{b^{2}+8ca}}+\frac{c}{\sqrt{c^{2}+8ab}}\ge a^{3}+b^{3}+c^{3}+24abc$, so we need to prove $\frac{1}{\sqrt{a^{3}+b^{3}+c^{3}+24abc}}\ge 1$, which is obvious by RMS-AM-GM-HM.

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