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Let $a,\ b$ and $c$ be positive real numbers such that $a b+b c+c a=1$. Show that $$ \frac{a^3}{a^2+3 b^2+3 a b+2 b c}+\frac{b^3}{b^2+3 c^2+3 b c+2 c a}+\frac{c^3}{c^2+3 a^2+3 c a+2 a b}>\frac{1}{6\left(a^2+b^2+c^2\right)^2} . $$
Suppose P is a point in the interior of a triangle ABC, that x; y; z are the distances from P to A; B; C, respectively, and that p; q; r are the per- pendicular distances from P to the sides BC; CA; AB, respectively. Prove that $xyz \geq 8pqr$; with equality implying that the triangle ABC is equilateral.
Given an integer $n\geq 2$ and a closed unit disc, evaluate the maximum of the product of the lengths of all $\frac{n(n-1)}{2}$ segments determined by $n$ points in that disc.
A square $ABCD$ is inscribed in a circle. If $M$ is a point on the shorter arc $AB$, prove that \[MC \cdot MD > 3\sqrt{3} \cdot MA \cdot MB.\]
Let $ ABCDEF$ be a convex hexagon such that $ AB$ is parallel to $ DE$, $ BC$ is parallel to $ EF$, and $ CD$ is parallel to $ FA$. Let $ R_{A},R_{C},R_{E}$ denote the circumradii of triangles $ FAB,BCD,DEF$, respectively, and let $ P$ denote the perimeter of the hexagon. Prove that \[ R_{A} \plus{} R_{C} \plus{} R_{E}\geq \frac {P}{2}. \]
Determine all real numbers $x{}$ satisfying $2^{x-1}+2^{1/\sqrt{x}}=3$.
Prove that for arbitrary positive numbers the following inequality holds \[\frac{1}{a} + \frac{1}{b} + \frac{1}{c} \leq \frac{a^8 + b^8 + c^8}{a^3b^3c^3}.\]
For a positive constant $ t$, let $ \alpha ,\ \beta$ be the roots of the quadratic equation $ x^2 \plus{} t^2x \minus{} 2t \equal{} 0$. Find the minimum value of $ \int_{ \minus{} 1}^2 \left\{\left(x \plus{} \frac {1}{\alpha ^ 2}\right)\left(x \plus{} \frac {1}{\beta ^ 2}\right) \plus{} \frac {1}{\alpha \beta}\right\}dx.$
For $a,b,c$ positive reals find the minimum value of \[ \frac{a^2+b^2}{c^2+ab}+\frac{b^2+c^2}{a^2+bc}+\frac{c^2+a^2}{b^2+ca}. \]
Let $p(x)$ be a monic integer polynomial of degree $n$ that has $n$ real roots, $\alpha_1,\alpha_2,\ldots, \alpha_n$. Let $q(x)$ be an arbitrary integer polynomial that is relatively prime to polynomial $p(x)$. Prove that \[\sum_{i=1}^n \left|q(\alpha_i)\right|\ge n.\] [i]Submitted by Dávid Matolcsi, Berkeley[/i]
Let $a,b,c,d$ be positive real numbers with $abcd=1$. Prove that $$\sqrt{\frac{a}{b+c+d^2+a^3}}+\sqrt{\frac{b}{c+d+a^2+b^3}}+\sqrt{\frac{c}{d+a+b^2+c^3}}+\sqrt{\frac{d}{a+b+c^2+d^3}} \leq 2$$
Let $x_1, \ldots , x_{100}$ be nonnegative real numbers such that $x_i + x_{i+1} + x_{i+2} \leq 1$ for all $i = 1, \ldots , 100$ (we put $x_{101 } = x_1, x_{102} = x_2).$ Find the maximal possible value of the sum $S = \sum^{100}_{i=1} x_i x_{i+2}.$ [i]Proposed by Sergei Berlov, Ilya Bogdanov, Russia[/i]
Let $a$ be a positive integer which is not a perfect square, and consider the equation \[k = \frac{x^2-a}{x^2-y^2}.\] Let $A$ be the set of positive integers $k$ for which the equation admits a solution in $\mathbb Z^2$ with $x>\sqrt{a}$, and let $B$ be the set of positive integers for which the equation admits a solution in $\mathbb Z^2$ with $0\leq x<\sqrt{a}$. Show that $A=B$.
Triangle $ABC$ is inscribed in a semicircle of radius $r$ so that its base $AB$ coincides with diameter $AB$. Point $C$ does not coincide with either $A$ or $B$. Let $s=AC+BC$. Then, for all permissible positions of $C$: $ \textbf{(A)}\ s^2\le8r^2$ $\qquad\textbf{(B)}\ s^2=8r^2$ $\qquad\textbf{(C)}\ s^2 \ge 8r^2$ ${\qquad\textbf{(D)}\ s^2\le4r^2 }$ ${\qquad\textbf{(E)}\ x^2=4r^2 } $
Let $a, b, c, d$ be real numbers satisfying the system of equation $\[(a+b)(c+d)=2 \\ (a+c)(b+d)=3 \\ (a+d)(b+c)=4\]$ Find the minimum value of $a^2+b^2+c^2+d^2$.
For any positive reals $a,b,c,d$ that satisfy $a^2 + b^2 + c^2 + d^2 = 4,$ show that $$\frac{a^3}{a+b} + \frac{b^3}{b+c} + \frac{c^3}{c+d} + \frac{d^3}{d+a} + 4abcd \leq 6.$$
Let $a, b, c$ be three real numbers which are roots of a cubic polynomial, and satisfy $a+b+c=6$ and $ab+bc+ca=9$. Suppose $a<b<c$. Show that $$0<a<1<b<3<c<4.$$
Let $a$, $b$, $c$ be positive real numbers such that $\min(ab,bc,ca) \ge 1$. Prove that $$\sqrt[3]{(a^2+1)(b^2+1)(c^2+1)} \le \left(\frac{a+b+c}{3}\right)^2 + 1.$$ [i]Proposed by Tigran Margaryan, Armenia[/i]
Let, $ a,b,c$ real positive numbers with $ abc \equal{} 1$ Prove: $ (\frac {a}{1 \plus{} ab})^2 \plus{} (\frac {b}{1 \plus{} bc})^2 \plus{} (\frac {c}{1 \plus{} ca})^2\geq \frac {3}{4}$ Thanks!
For $ x \ge 0$ the smallest value of $ \frac {4x^2 \plus{} 8x \plus{} 13}{6(1 \plus{} x)}$ is: $ \textbf{(A)}\ 1 \qquad \textbf{(B)}\ 2 \qquad \textbf{(C)}\ \frac {25}{12} \qquad \textbf{(D)}\ \frac {13}{6} \qquad \textbf{(E)}\ \frac {34}{5}$
Consider real numbers $x,y,z$ such that $x,y,z>0$. Prove that \[ (xy+yz+xz)\left(\frac{1}{x^2+y^2}+\frac{1}{x^2+z^2}+\frac{1}{y^2+z^2}\right) > \frac{5}{2}. \]
Let $ \,ABC\,$ be a triangle and $ \,P\,$ an interior point of $ \,ABC\,$. Show that at least one of the angles $ \,\angle PAB,\;\angle PBC,\;\angle PCA\,$ is less than or equal to $ 30^{\circ }$.
Let $x,y,z$ be positive real numbers such that $x+y+z=\frac{1}{x}+\frac{1}{y}+\frac{1}{z}.$ Prove that \[x+y+z\geq \sqrt{\frac{xy+1}{2}}+\sqrt{\frac{yz+1}{2}}+\sqrt{\frac{zx+1}{2}} \ .\] [i]Proposed by Azerbaijan[/i] [hide=Second Suggested Version]Let $x,y,z$ be positive real numbers such that $x+y+z=\frac{1}{x}+\frac{1}{y}+\frac{1}{z}.$ Prove that \[x+y+z\geq \sqrt{\frac{x^2+1}{2}}+\sqrt{\frac{y^2+1}{2}}+\sqrt{\frac{z^2+1}{2}} \ .\][/hide]
Let $a,b,c$ be real numbers such that $0 \leq a \leq b \leq c$ and $a+b+c=ab+bc+ca >0.$ Prove that $\sqrt{bc}(a+1) \geq 2$ and determine the equality cases. (Edit: Proposed by sir Leonard Giugiuc, Romania)
Prove that $x^2+y^2 \ge 2\sqrt2 (x-y)$ if $xy = 1$