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16 ( a 2 b + 2 c + b 2 c + 2 a + c 2 a + 2 b ) \large 16\left(\dfrac{a^2}{b+2c}+\dfrac{b^2}{c+2a}+\dfrac{c^2}{a+2b}\right) If a , b a,b and c c are positive reals satisfying a 2 + b 2 + c 2 = 3 a^2+b^2+c^2=3 , find the minimum value of the expression above


The answer is 16.

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2 solutions

P C
Feb 9, 2016

I call the expression is A

Without losing generality we assume that a b c a\geq b\geq c

Therefore a 2 b 2 c 2 a^2\geq b^2\geq c^2 and 1 b + 2 c 1 c + 2 a 1 a + 2 b \frac{1}{b+2c}\geq\frac{1}{c+2a}\geq\frac{1}{a+2b}

Applying Chebyshev's Inequality we get 3 A 16 ( a 2 + b 2 + c 2 ) ( 1 a + 2 b + 1 b + 2 c + 1 c + 2 a ) 3A\geq 16(a^2+b^2+c^2)\bigg(\frac{1}{a+2b}+\frac{1}{b+2c}+\frac{1}{c+2a}\bigg) A 16 ( 3 a + b + c ) \Leftrightarrow A\geq 16\bigg(\frac{3}{a+b+c}\bigg) Since a + b + c 3 ( a 2 + b 2 + c 2 ) = 3 a+b+c\leq\sqrt{3(a^2+b^2+c^2)}=3 , the minimum value of A's 16

*Note: You can also apply Holder's Inequality to get the answer

Aman Rckstar
Feb 11, 2016

It's to easy , a , b , c are real +be no. Then let a=b=c=1, ( always let as it satisfy given condition) . Now put a,b,c in eqn to get answer.

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