No, the answer is not 3 2 \frac{3}{\sqrt 2}

Algebra Level 3

What is the minimum value of the following expression? ( a , b , c a, b, c are non-negative.)

a b + c + b c + a + c a + b \large \sqrt{\dfrac{a}{b + c}} + \sqrt{\dfrac{b}{c + a}} + \sqrt{\dfrac{c}{a + b}}


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The answer is 2.

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Thành Đạt Lê
Apr 14, 2018

We will prove that b c + a 2 b a + b + c \sqrt{\dfrac{b}{c + a}} \ge \dfrac{2b}{a + b + c}

b c + a 4 b 2 ( a + b + c ) 2 \iff \dfrac{b}{c + a} \ge \dfrac{4b^2}{(a + b + c)^2}

b ( a + b + c ) 2 4 b 2 ( c + a ) \iff b(a + b + c)^2 \ge 4b^2(c + a)

( a + b + c ) 2 4 b ( c + a ) \iff (a + b + c)^2 \ge 4b(c + a)

( a + b + c ) 2 4 b ( c + a ) \iff \dfrac{(a + b + c)^2}{4} \ge b(c + a)

a + b + c 2 b ( c + a ) \iff \dfrac{a + b + c}{2} \ge \sqrt{b(c + a)} , which is totally true.

Similarly, c a + b 2 c a + b + c \sqrt{\dfrac{c}{a + b}} \ge \dfrac{2c}{a + b + c} and a b + c 2 a a + b + c \sqrt{\dfrac{a}{b + c}} \ge \dfrac{2a}{a + b + c} .

Plus all the above inequalities, we have that a b + c + b c + a + c a + b 2 b a + b + c + 2 c a + b + c + 2 a a + b + c = 2 ( a + b + c ) a + b + c = 2 \sqrt{\dfrac{a}{b + c}} + \sqrt{\dfrac{b}{c + a}} + \sqrt{\dfrac{c}{a + b}} \ge \dfrac{2b}{a + b + c} + \dfrac{2c}{a + b + c} + \dfrac{2a}{a + b + c} = \dfrac{2(a + b + c)}{a + b + c} = 2 .

The equality happens when 0 { a ; b ; c } 0 \in \{a; \; b; \; c\} and others are equal one another.

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Hans Gabriel Daduya - 3 years ago

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