If and are positive reals satisfying , find the minimum value of the expression above.
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Call the expression A, using AM-GM we get these following inequality c 3 ( 2 a + b ) a b + 9 a b c ( 2 a + b ) + 3 a b c 2 ≥ a b a 3 ( 2 b + c ) b c + 9 a b c ( 2 b + c ) + 3 a 2 b c ≥ b c b 3 ( 2 c + a ) c a + 9 a b c ( 2 c + a ) + 3 a b 2 c ≥ c a Combining 3 inequalities and we get A + 2 ( a b c ) 2 ≥ a b + b c + a c ≥ 3 3 ( a b c ) 2 From the condition, we can prove that a b c ≥ 1 , that means there exist 3 number x , y , z > 0 satisfy a = y x ; b = z y ; c = x z , replace them into the inequality and we have A + 2 ≥ 3 ⇔ A ≥ 1 The equality holds when a = b = c = 1 or x = y = z