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Prove that for arbitrary positive numbers the following inequality holds \[\frac{1}{a} + \frac{1}{b} + \frac{1}{c} \leq \frac{a^8 + b^8 + c^8}{a^3b^3c^3}.\]
The non-negative numbers $ x_1, x_2, \ldots, x_5$ satisfy $ \sum_{i \equal{} 1}^5 \frac {1}{1 \plus{} x_i} \equal{} 1$. Prove that $ \sum_{i \equal{} 1}^5 \frac {x_i}{4 \plus{} x_i^2} \leq 1$.
If $ a,b,c$ are three positive real numbers, prove that $ \frac {a^{2}\plus{}1}{b\plus{}c}\plus{}\frac {b^{2}\plus{}1}{c\plus{}a}\plus{}\frac {c^{2}\plus{}1}{a\plus{}b}\ge 3$
Prove that the following inequality holds for all positive real numbers $x,y,z$: \[\dfrac{x^3}{y^2+z^2}+\dfrac{y^3}{z^2+x^2}+\dfrac{z^3}{x^2+y^2}\ge \dfrac{x+y+z}{2}.\]
For integer $n\geq2$, let $x_1, x_2, \ldots, x_n$ be real numbers satisfying \[x_1+x_2+\ldots+x_n=0, \qquad \text{and}\qquad x_1^2+x_2^2+\ldots+x_n^2=1.\]For each subset $A\subseteq\{1, 2, \ldots, n\}$, define\[S_A=\sum_{i\in A}x_i.\](If $A$ is the empty set, then $S_A=0$.) Prove that for any positive number $\lambda$, the number of sets $A$ satisfying $S_A\geq\lambda$ is at most $2^{n-3}/\lambda^2$. For which choices of $x_1, x_2, \ldots, x_n, \lambda$ does equality hold?
[b]a)[/b] Among the $21$ pairwise distances between the $7$ points of the plane, prove that one and the same number occurs not more than $12$ times. [b]b)[/b] Find a maximum number of times may meet the same number among the $15$ pairwise distances between $6$ points of the plane.
Let $a,b,c,d$ be positive reals such taht $a+b+c+d=1$. Prove that: \[6(a^{3}+b^{3}+c^{3}+d^{3})\geq a^{2}+b^{2}+c^{2}+d^{2}+\frac{1}{8}.\]
Let $a$, $b$, $c$ be positive real numbers such that $\dfrac{1}{a} + \dfrac{1}{b} + \dfrac{1}{c} = a+b+c$. Prove that: \[\frac{1}{(2a+b+c)^2}+\frac{1}{(a+2b+c)^2}+\frac{1}{(a+b+2c)^2}\leq \frac{3}{16}.\] [i]Proposed by Juhan Aru, Estonia[/i]
Let $ n $ be an integer greater than or equal to $ 2 $. Prove that if the real numbers $ a_1 , a_2 , \cdots , a_n $ satisfy $ a_1 ^2 + a_2 ^2 + \cdots + a_n ^ 2 = n $, then \[\sum_{1 \le i < j \le n} \frac{1}{n- a_i a_j} \le \frac{n}{2} \] must hold.
$x_{1}, x_{2}, \cdots, x_{n}$ are positive numbers such that $\sum_{i=1}^{n}x_{i}= 1$. Prove that \[\left( \sum_{i=1}^{n}\sqrt{x_{i}}\right) \left( \sum_{i=1}^{n}\frac{1}{\sqrt{1+x_{i}}}\right) \leq \frac{n^{2}}{\sqrt{n+1}}\]
$x_{1}, x_{2}, \cdots, x_{n}$ are positive numbers such that $\sum_{i=1}^{n}x_{i}= 1$. Prove that \[\left( \sum_{i=1}^{n}\sqrt{x_{i}}\right) \left( \sum_{i=1}^{n}\frac{1}{\sqrt{1+x_{i}}}\right) \leq \frac{n^{2}}{\sqrt{n+1}}\]
Let $ A_1A_2A_3A_4$ be a tetrahedron, $ G$ its centroid, and $ A'_1, A'_2, A'_3,$ and $ A'_4$ the points where the circumsphere of $ A_1A_2A_3A_4$ intersects $ GA_1,GA_2,GA_3,$ and $ GA_4,$ respectively. Prove that \[ GA_1 \cdot GA_2 \cdot GA_3 \cdot GA_ \cdot4 \leq GA'_1 \cdot GA'_2 \cdot GA'_3 \cdot GA'_4\] and \[ \frac{1}{GA'_1} \plus{} \frac{1}{GA'_2} \plus{} \frac{1}{GA'_3} \plus{} \frac{1}{GA'_4} \leq \frac{1}{GA_1} \plus{} \frac{1}{GA_2} \plus{} \frac{1}{GA_3} \plus{} \frac{1}{GA_4}.\]
Prove the inequality: \[\sum_{i < j}{\frac {a_{i}a_{j}}{a_{i} \plus{} a_{j}}}\leq \frac {n}{2(a_{1} \plus{} a_{2} \plus{}\cdots \plus{} a_{n})}\cdot \sum_{i < j}{a_{i}a_{j}}\] for positive reals $ a_{1},a_{2},\ldots,a_{n}$. [i]Proposed by Dusan Dukic, Serbia[/i]
Let $a$, $b$, $c$ be positive real numbers with $abc \leq a+b+c$. Show that \[ a^2 + b^2 + c^2 \geq \sqrt 3 abc. \] [i]Cristinel Mortici, Romania[/i]
Let $a, b, c$ be positive numbers with the sum $1$. Prove the inequality \[\frac{1}{1-a}+\frac{1}{1-b}+\frac{1}{1-c} \geq \frac{2}{1+a}+\frac{2}{1+b}+\frac{2}{1+c}.\]
Let $v$ and $w$ be real numbers such that, for all real numbers $a$ and $b$, the inequality \[(2^{a+b}+8)(3^a+3^b) \leq v(12^{a-1}+12^{b-1}-2^{a+b-1})+w\] holds. Compute the smallest possible value of $128v^2+w^2$. [i]Proposed by Luke Robitaille[/i]
Let the real numbers $a,b,c,d$ satisfy the relations $a+b+c+d=6$ and $a^2+b^2+c^2+d^2=12.$ Prove that \[36 \leq 4 \left(a^3+b^3+c^3+d^3\right) - \left(a^4+b^4+c^4+d^4 \right) \leq 48.\] [i]Proposed by Nazar Serdyuk, Ukraine[/i]
Let $n$ be a positive integer and let $x_1\le x_2\le\cdots\le x_n$ be real numbers. Prove that \[ \left(\sum_{i,j=1}^{n}|x_i-x_j|\right)^2\le\frac{2(n^2-1)}{3}\sum_{i,j=1}^{n}(x_i-x_j)^2. \] Show that the equality holds if and only if $x_1, \ldots, x_n$ is an arithmetic sequence.
Given a positive integer $n$, let $D$ be the set of all positive divisors of $n$. The subsets $A,B$ of $D$ satisfies that for any $a \in A$ and $b \in B$, it holds that $a \nmid b$ and $b \nmid a$. Show that \[ \sqrt{|A|}+\sqrt{|B|} \le \sqrt{|D|}. \]
Let $x_1,x_2,\cdots,x_n$ $(n\geq2)$ be a non-decreasing monotonous sequence of positive numbers such that $x_1,\frac{x_2}{2},\cdots,\frac{x_n}{n}$ is a non-increasing monotonous sequence .Prove that \[ \frac{\sum_{i=1}^{n} x_i }{n\left (\prod_{i=1}^{n}x_i \right )^{\frac{1}{n}}}\le \frac{n+1}{2\sqrt[n]{n!}}\]
Let $ x,y,z$ be positive real numbers,satisfying equality $ x^{2}\plus{}y^{2}\plus{}z^{2}\equal{}25$. Find the minimal possible value of the expression $ \frac{xy}{z} \plus{} \frac{yz}{x} \plus{} \frac{zx}{y}$.
Given positive reals $ a, b, c $ that satisfy $ a + b + c = 1 $, show that $$ \displaystyle \sum^{}_{cyc}\frac{a^3+bc}{a^2+bc}\ge 2 $$
Let $a,b,c$ be three positive real numbers. Show that \[ \frac {a+b+3c}{3a+3b+2c}+\frac {a+3b+c}{3a+2b+3c}+\frac {3a+b+c}{2a+3b+3c} \ge \frac {15}{8}\]
Let $ ABC$ be a triangle, and $ A$, $ B$, $ C$ its angles. Prove that \[ \sin\frac{3A}{2}+\sin\frac{3B}{2}+\sin\frac{3C}{2}\leq \cos\frac{A-B}{2}+\cos\frac{B-C}{2}+\cos\frac{C-A}{2}. \]
Prove that for arbitrary positive numbers the following inequality holds \[\frac{1}{a} + \frac{1}{b} + \frac{1}{c} \leq \frac{a^8 + b^8 + c^8}{a^3b^3c^3}.\]