a + b + c k a b c ≤ ( a + b ) 2 + ( a + b + 4 c ) 2 ,
∀ a , b , c > 0 , find the largest constant k such that the above inequality is fulfilled
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There are several questions:
1: Why did you use ( a + b + c + 4 c ) 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 and 120 at a = b = c ?
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Note that 2 + 2 + 1 1 2 0 × 2 × 2 × 1 = 9 6 > 8 0 = ( 2 + 2 ) 2 + ( 2 + 2 + 4 × 1 ) 2 hence 120 doesn't work.
It is somewhat rare for a non-symmetric inequality to have a symmetric solution.
Typo in line 2 should be ( a + b + 4 c ) 2
Could you please explain after line 5
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By AM-GM inequality
( a + b ) 2 + ( a + b + 4 c ) 2
= ( a + b ) 2 + ( a + 2 c + b + 2 c ) 2 ≥ ( 2 a b 2 ) + ( 2 2 a c + 2 2 b c 2 )
= 4 a b + 8 a c + 8 b c + 1 6 c a b
a b c ( a + b ) 2 + ( a + b + 4 c ) 2 ⋅ ( a + b + c ) ≥ a b c 4 a b + 8 a c + 8 b c + 1 6 c a b ⋅ ( a + b + c )
= ( c 4 + b 8 + a 8 + a b 1 6 ) ⋅ ( a + b + c )
= 8 ( 2 c 1 + b 1 + a 1 + a b 1 + a b 1 )
( 2 a + 2 a + 2 b + 2 b + c ) ≥ 8 ( 5 5 2 a 2 b 2 c 1 ) ( 5 5 2 4 a 2 b 2 c ) = 1 0 0
Again AM-GM inequality.
Hence, largest constant k is 1 0 0
For k = 1 0 0 equality holds if, a = b = 2 c > 0
Q.E.D