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Saudi Arabia algebra

Problem

Let . Prove the inequality
Solution
First solution. Because , we have . Therefore, by applying AM-GM, we obtain So, it remains to prove that which is equivalent to But This ends the proof. The equality holds when and . This is equivalent to .

Second solution. Because , there exist such that and . The inequality to prove becomes or, equivalently Using the relations and , the inequality simplifies to which is satisfied. The equality holds when , which means .

Techniques

QM-AM-GM-HM / Power MeanLinear and quadratic inequalities