Problem

Source: 2015 Thailand October Camp Inequalities & Combinatorics Exam p4

Tags: inequalities



Let $a, b, c$ be positive reals such that $4(a+b+c)\geq\frac{1}{a}+\frac{1}{b}+\frac{1}{c}$. Define \begin{align*} &A =\sqrt{\frac{3a}{a+2\sqrt{bc}}}+\sqrt{\frac{3b}{b+2\sqrt{ca}}}+\sqrt{\frac{3c}{c+2\sqrt{ab}}} \\ &B =\sqrt{a}+\sqrt{b}+\sqrt{c} \\ &C =\frac{a}{\sqrt{a+b}}+\frac{b}{\sqrt{b+c}}+\frac{c}{\sqrt{c+a}}. \end{align*}Prove that $$A\leq 2B\leq 4C.$$