An Asymmetric Bound

★ 8/10SubstitutionalgebraAM-GMinequality

Problem

Let a,b,c>0a, b, c > 0 with ab+bc+ca=1ab + bc + ca = 1. Prove that

2a2+1+2b2+1+3c2+1≤163.\frac{2}{a^2+1} + \frac{2}{b^2+1} + \frac{3}{c^2+1} \le \frac{16}{3}.

Answer

Solution

Difficulty8/10
TopicsSubstitution, algebra, AM-GM, inequality

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