Problem

Source: Baltic Way 2004 Problem 18

Tags: geometry, circumcircle, inequalities, geometry proposed



A ray emanating from the vertex $A$ of the triangle $ABC$ intersects the side $BC$ at $X$ and the circumcircle of triangle $ABC$ at $Y$. Prove that $\frac{1}{AX}+\frac{1}{XY}\geq \frac{4}{BC}$.