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India National Olympiad
1991 India National Olympiad
4
Simple inequality
Simple inequality
Source: INMO 1991 Problem 4
October 3, 2005
inequalities
Problem Statement
Let
a
,
b
,
c
a,b,c
a
,
b
,
c
be real numbers with
0
<
a
<
1
0 < a< 1
0
<
a
<
1
,
0
<
b
<
1
0 < b < 1
0
<
b
<
1
,
0
<
c
<
1
0 < c < 1
0
<
c
<
1
, and
a
+
b
+
c
=
2
a+b + c = 2
a
+
b
+
c
=
2
. Prove that
a
1
−
a
⋅
b
1
−
b
⋅
c
1
−
c
≥
8
\dfrac{a}{1-a} \cdot \dfrac{b}{1-b} \cdot \dfrac{c}{1-c} \geq 8
1
−
a
a
⋅
1
−
b
b
⋅
1
−
c
c
≥
8
.
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