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Problem
Let , , be positive real numbers satisfy the condition . Prove that
Solution
Without loss of generality, assume that . From the condition , we get or Using the AM-GM inequality, we have Hence The equality holds if , , or any its cyclic permutation.
Techniques
QM-AM-GM-HM / Power Mean