Found problems: 33
All the numbers $2, 3, 4, 5, 6, 7$ are assigned to the six faces of a cube, one number to each face. For each of the eight vertices of the cube, a product of three numbers is computed, where the three numbers are the numbers assigned to the three faces that include that vertex. What is the greatest possible value of the sum of these eight products?
$\textbf{(A)}\ 312 \qquad
\textbf{(B)}\ 343 \qquad
\textbf{(C)}\ 625 \qquad
\textbf{(D)}\ 729 \qquad
\textbf{(E)}\ 1680$
Let $n$ be some positive integer and $a_1 , a_2 , \dots , a_n$ be real numbers. Denote
$$S_0 = \sum_{i=1}^{n} a_i^2 , \hspace{1cm} S_1 = \sum_{i=1}^{n} a_ia_{i+1} , \hspace{1cm} S_2 = \sum_{i=1}^{n} a_ia_{i+2},$$
where $a_{n+1} = a_1$ and $a_{n+2} = a_2.$
1. Show that $S_0 - S_1 \geq 0$.
2. Show that $3$ is the minimum value of $C$ such that for any $n$ and $a_1 , a_2 , \dots , a_n,$ there holds $C(S_0 - S_1) \geq S_1 - S_2$.
Let $0 \le a_1 \le a_2 \le \dots \le a_n \le 1$ be $n$ real numbers with $n \ge 2$. Assume $a_1 + a_2 + \dots + a_n \ge n-1$. Prove that
\[ a_2a_3\dots a_n \ge \left( 1 - \frac 1n \right)^{n-1} \]
Prove that $ \binom{m+n}{\min (m,n)}\le \sqrt{\binom{2m}{m}\cdot \binom{2n}{n}} , $ for nonnegative $ m,n. $
[i]Gheorghe Stoica[/i]
Find all real triples $(a,b,c)$ satisfying
\[(2^{2a}+1)(2^{2b}+2)(2^{2c}+8)=2^{a+b+c+5}.\]
If $a,b,c$ are positive real numbers such that $a+b+c=abc$ prove that
$$\frac{abc}{3\sqrt{2}}\left ( \sum_{cyc}\frac{\sqrt{a^3+b^3}}{ab+1} \right )\geq \sum_{cyc}\frac{a}{a^2+1}$$
Let a ,b and c be positive real numbers such that $a^2+b^2+c^2=3$.
Prove that for whatever positive real numbers x y and z, the inequality below holds.
$\frac{x}{a}+\frac{y}{b}+\frac{z}{c}\ge \sqrt{xy}+\sqrt{yz}+\sqrt{zx}$
At first I noticed $\sqrt{xy}+\sqrt{yz}+\sqrt{zx}\le \sqrt{x+y+z}\sqrt{x+y+z}=x+y+z$, so perhaps the next move is to prove
$\frac{x}{a}+\frac{y}{b}+\frac{z}{c}\ge x+y+z$, but I don't see how to do that, the best thing that I can do with the LHS of this inequality is to prove it by AM-GM in the way that $\frac{x}{a}+\frac{y}{b}+\frac{z}{c}\ge 3\left(\frac{xyz}{abc}\right)^{\frac{1}{3}}\ge 3(xyz)^{\frac{1}{3}}$, but this isn't going to be helpful...
Let $a,b,$ and $c$ be real numbers such that \begin{align*}
a+b+c &= 2, \text{ and} \\
a^2+b^2+c^2&= 12
\end{align*}
What is the difference between the maximum and minimum possible values of $c$?
$ \textbf{(A)}\ 2\qquad\textbf{(B)}\ \frac{10}{3}\qquad\textbf{(C)}\ 4\qquad\textbf{(D)}\ \frac{16}{3}\qquad\textbf{(E)}\ \frac{20}{3} $
Let $ABCD$ be a convex quadrilateral with $AB=a$, $BC=b$, $CD=c$ and $DA=d$. Suppose
\[a^2+b^2+c^2+d^2=ab+bc+cd+da,\]
and the area of $ABCD$ is $60$ sq. units. If the length of one of the diagonals is $30$ units, determine the length of the other diagonal.
All the numbers $2, 3, 4, 5, 6, 7$ are assigned to the six faces of a cube, one number to each face. For each of the eight vertices of the cube, a product of three numbers is computed, where the three numbers are the numbers assigned to the three faces that include that vertex. What is the greatest possible value of the sum of these eight products?
$\textbf{(A)}\ 312 \qquad
\textbf{(B)}\ 343 \qquad
\textbf{(C)}\ 625 \qquad
\textbf{(D)}\ 729 \qquad
\textbf{(E)}\ 1680$
Let $k$ be a positive integer. Some of the $2k$-element subsets of a given set are marked. Suppose that for any subset of cardinality less than or equal to $(k+1)^2$ all the marked subsets contained in it (if any) have a common element. Show that all the marked subsets have a common element.
Let $(a_n)^{+\infty}_{n=1}$ be a sequence defined recursively as follows: $a_1=1$ and $$a_{n+1}=1 + \sum\limits_{k=1}^{n}ka_k$$
For every $n > 1$, prove that $\sqrt[n]{a_n} < \frac {n+1}{2}$.
Let $n>k>1$ be positive integers. Determine all positive real numbers $a_1, a_2, \ldots, a_n$ which satisfy
$$
\sum_{i=1}^n \sqrt{\frac{k a_i^k}{(k-1) a_i^k+1}}=\sum_{i=1}^n a_i=n .
$$
$\definecolor{A}{RGB}{190,0,60}\color{A}\fbox{A1.}$ Find all $f:\mathbb{R}\rightarrow \mathbb{R}$ such that $$\definecolor{A}{RGB}{80,0,200}\color{A} x^4+y^4+z^4\ge f(xy)+f(yz)+f(zx)\ge xyz(x+y+z)$$holds for all $a,b,c\in\mathbb{R}$.
[i]Proposed by [/i][b][color=#FFFF00]usjl[/color][/b].
[color=#B6D7A8]#1733[/color]
Let $x,y,z$ be non-negative real numbers such that $xyz=1$. Prove that $$(x^3+2y)(y^3+2z)(z^3+2x) \ge 27.$$
Find all quadrupels $(a, b, c, d)$ of positive real numbers that satisfy the following two equations:
\begin{align*}
ab + cd &= 8,\\
abcd &= 8 + a + b + c + d.
\end{align*}
Let $a,b,c$ be positive real numbers such that $a+b+c=1$. Prove that
$$\frac{a}{a^2+b^3+c^3}+\frac{b}{b^2+a^3+c^3}+\frac{c}{c^2+a^3+b^3}\leq\frac{1}{5abc}$$
Let $\mathbb R$ be the set of real numbers. Find all functions $f:\mathbb{R}\rightarrow \mathbb{R}$ where there exist a real constant $c\ge 0$ such that $$x^3+y^2f(y)+zf(z^2)\ge cf(xyz)$$ holds for all reals $x$, $y$, $z$ that satisfy $x+y+z\ge 0$.
[i]Proposed by Ivan Chan Kai Chin[/i]
Prove that for all positive real numbers $a$, $b$, and $c$,
\[ \frac{a^3}{bc} + \frac{b^3}{ca} + \frac{c^3}{ab} \geq a+b+c \]
and determine when equality occurs.
The perimeter of $\triangle ABC$ is $2$ and it's sides are $BC=a, CA=b,AB=c$. Prove that $$abc+\frac{1}{27}\ge ab+bc+ca-1\ge abc. $$
Let $x,y,z$ be positive real numbers such that $x^2+y^2+z^2=3$. Prove that
\[ xyz(x+y+z)+2021\geqslant 2024xyz\]
Find all positive integers $a$, $b$ and $c$ such that $ab$ is a square, and
\[a+b+c-3\sqrt[3]{abc}=1.\]
[i]Proposed by usjl[/i]
$ a>0,\quad\lim_{n\to\infty }\sum_{i=1}^n \frac{1}{n+a^i} $
If $a,b,c$ are positive real numbers with $abc=1$, prove that
(a) \[2\left(\frac{ab}{a+b}+\frac{bc}{b+c}+\frac{ca}{c+a}\right) \geqslant \frac{9}{ab+bc+ca}\]
(b)\[2\left(\frac{ab}{a+b}+\frac{bc}{b+c}+\frac{ca}{c+a}\right) \geqslant \frac{9}{a^2 b+b^2 c+c^2 a}\]
Let $a,b$ and $c$ be positive real numbers. Prove that
$$\sum_{cyc} \frac {a^3b}{(3a+2b)^3} \ge \sum_{cyc} \frac {a^2bc}{(2a+2b+c)^3} $$