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Greece algebra
Problem
Let positive real numbers such that . Prove that: When does equality hold?
Solution
Since , we have and . Hence we have the equivalent inequality From the inequality of arithmetic and geometric mean we get: and therefore Similarly we have Summing by parts (1), (2) and (3) we get the wanted inequality. The equality holds if and only if
Final answer
Equality holds if and only if a = b = c = 1/3.
Techniques
QM-AM-GM-HM / Power Mean