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Given that a, b, c are positive reals and not all equal, show that

$\dfrac{a^3 + b^3 + c^3}{a^3b^3c^3}\ge\dfrac{1}{a}+\dfrac{1}{b}+\dfrac{1}{c}$
 
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anemone said:
Given that a, b, c are positive reals and not all equal, show that

$\dfrac{a^3 + b^3 + c^3}{a^3b^3c^3}\ge\dfrac{1}{a}+\dfrac{1}{b}+\dfrac{1}{c}$
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it is not true
exam:$a=1,b=2,c=3$
left side=$\dfrac{1+8+27}{1\times 8\times 27}<1$
right side=$1+\dfrac {1}{2}+\dfrac{1}{3}>1$
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Ops...I am so sorry:o...the problem should read:

anemone said:
Given that a, b, c are positive reals and not all equal, show that

$\dfrac{a^8 + b^8 + c^8}{a^3b^3c^3}\gt\dfrac{1}{a}+\dfrac{1}{b}+\dfrac{1}{c}$
 
anemone said:
Ops...I am so sorry:o...the problem should read:
$\dfrac {a^8+b^8+c^8}{a^3b^3c^3}>\dfrac{1}{a}+\dfrac{1}{b}+\dfrac {1}{c}$
using AP>GP is easier
for :$a^2+b^2+c^2>ab+bc+ca$
$\dfrac{a^8+b^8+c^8}{a^3b^3c^3}>\dfrac{a^4b^4+b^4c^4+c^4a^4}{a^3b^3c^3}>\dfrac{a^4b^2c^2+b^4a^2c^2+c^4a^2b^2}{a^3b^3c^3}\\
=\dfrac{a^2+b^2+c^2}{abc}>\dfrac{ab+bc+ca}{abc}=\dfrac {1}{a}+\dfrac {1}{b}+\dfrac {1}{c}$
 
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Albert said:
using AP>GP is easier
for :$a^2+b^2+c^2>ab+bc+ca$
$\dfrac{a^8+b^8+c^8}{a^3b^3c^3}>\dfrac{a^4b^4+b^4c^4+c^4a^4}{a^3b^3c^3}>\dfrac{a^4b^2c^2+b^4a^2c^2+c^4a^2b^2}{a^3b^3c^3}\\
=\dfrac{a^2+b^2+c^2}{abc}>\dfrac{ab+bc+ca}{abc}=\dfrac {1}{a}+\dfrac {1}{b}+\dfrac {1}{c}$

Well done Albert!(Cool) Thanks for participating!
 
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