My problems #14

Algebra Level 5

k a b c a + b + c ( a + b ) 2 + ( a + b + 4 c ) 2 \dfrac{kabc} {a+b+c} \leq (a+b)^2+(a+b+4c)^2 ,

\forall a , b , c > 0 a, b, c > 0 , find the largest constant k k such that the above inequality is fulfilled


The answer is 100.

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1 solution

Parth Lohomi
Mar 12, 2015

By AM-GM \text{AM-GM} inequality

( a + b ) 2 + ( a + b + 4 c ) 2 (a+b)^2+(a+b+4c)^2

= ( a + b ) 2 + ( a + 2 c + b + 2 c ) 2 ( 2 a b 2 ) + ( 2 2 a c + 2 2 b c 2 ) = (a+b)^2+(a+2c+b+2c)^2 \geq \left(2\sqrt{ab^2}\right)+\left(2\sqrt{2ac} + 2\sqrt{2bc^2}\right)

= 4 a b + 8 a c + 8 b c + 16 c a b = 4ab+8ac+8bc+16c\sqrt{ab}

( a + b ) 2 + ( a + b + 4 c ) 2 a b c ( a + b + c ) 4 a b + 8 a c + 8 b c + 16 c a b a b c ( a + b + c ) \frac{(a+b)^2+(a+b+4c)^2}{abc} \cdot (a+b+c) \geq \frac{4ab+8ac+8bc+16c\sqrt{ab}}{abc}\cdot (a+b+c)

= ( 4 c + 8 b + 8 a + 16 a b ) = \left(\dfrac{4}{c}+\dfrac{8}{b}+\dfrac{8}{a}+\dfrac{16}{\sqrt{ab}}\right) \cdot ( a + b + c ) (a+b+c)

= 8 ( 1 2 c + 1 b + 1 a + 1 a b + 1 a b ) = 8\left(\dfrac{1}{2c}+\dfrac{1}{b}+\dfrac{1}{a}+\dfrac{1}{\sqrt{ab}}+\dfrac{1}{\sqrt{ab}}\right)

( a 2 + a 2 + b 2 + b 2 + c ) 8 ( 5 1 2 a 2 b 2 c 5 ) ( 5 a 2 b 2 c 2 4 5 ) = 100 \left(\dfrac{a}{2}+\dfrac{a}{2}+\dfrac{b}{2}+\dfrac{b}{2}+c\right) \geq 8\left(5\sqrt[5]{\dfrac{1}{2a^2b^2c}}\right)\left(5\sqrt[5]{\dfrac{a^2b^2c}{2^4}}\right) = \boxed{100}


Again AM-GM \text{AM-GM} inequality.

Hence, largest constant k k is 100 100

For k = 100 k=100 equality holds if, a = b = 2 c > 0 a=b=2c > 0

Q.E.D

There are several questions:

1: Why did you use ( a + b + c + 4 c ) 2 (a+b+c+4c)^2 in the second line before GM?

2: Isnt GM used to minimise the question asks for maximising?

3: why does k come to be 117 at a = b = 4 c a=b=4c and 120 at a = b = c a=b=c ?

Sualeh Asif - 6 years, 3 months ago

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Note that 120 × 2 × 2 × 1 2 + 2 + 1 = 96 > 80 = ( 2 + 2 ) 2 + ( 2 + 2 + 4 × 1 ) 2 \frac{120 \times 2 \times 2 \times 1 } { 2 + 2 + 1} = 96 > 80 = (2+2)^2 + (2+2+4\times 1)^2 hence 120 doesn't work.

It is somewhat rare for a non-symmetric inequality to have a symmetric solution.

Calvin Lin Staff - 6 years, 3 months ago

Typo in line 2 should be ( a + b + 4 c ) 2 (a+b+4c) ^2

siddharth bhatt - 6 years, 3 months ago

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This problem had been posted before.

Joel Tan - 6 years, 3 months ago

Could you please explain after line 5

Aayush Patni - 6 years, 1 month ago

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