Track / Stage 4 / 222 of 340 #482 of 1964
Problem 482 AMC 12 late, AIME early Algebra Difficulty 4.8 Multiple choice
Given positive numbers a , b , c a, b, c a , b , c satisfy a b + b c + c a = 1995 a b+b c+c a=1995 ab + b c + c a = 1995 . Then the minimum value of a b c + b c a + c a b \frac{a b}{c}+\frac{b c}{a}+\frac{c a}{b} c ab + a b c + b c a is:
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A 1995 B 3 665 3 \sqrt{665} 3 665 C 2 665 2 \sqrt{665} 2 665 D 665 \sqrt{665} 665
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Official solution 5. (B). Given a 2 + b 2 + c 2 ⩾ a b + b c + c a = 1995 , we have a 2 b 2 c 2 + c 2 a 2 b 2 + b 2 c 2 a 2 ⩾ a b c ⋅ c a b + c a b ⋅ b c a + b c a ⋅ a b c = a 2 + b 2 + c 2 ⩾ 1995. Also, ( a b c + c a b + b c a ) 2 = a 2 b 2 c 2 + c 2 a 2 b 2 + b 2 c 2 a 2 + 2 a 2 + 2 b 2 + 2 c 2 ⩾ 3 × 1995.
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\text { Given } a^{2}+b^{2}+c^{2} \geqslant a b+b c+c a=1995, \text { we have } \\
\frac{a^{2} b^{2}}{c^{2}}+\frac{c^{2} a^{2}}{b^{2}}+\frac{b^{2} c^{2}}{a^{2}} \\
\geqslant \frac{a b}{c} \cdot \frac{c a}{b}+\frac{c a}{b} \cdot \frac{b c}{a}+\frac{b c}{a} \cdot \frac{a b}{c} \\
=a^{2}+b^{2}+c^{2} \geqslant 1995 . \\
\text { Also, }\left(\frac{a b}{c}+\frac{c a}{b}+\frac{b c}{a}\right)^{2} \\
=\frac{a^{2} b^{2}}{c^{2}}+\frac{c^{2} a^{2}}{b^{2}}+\frac{b^{2} c^{2}}{a^{2}}+2 a^{2}+2 b^{2}+2 c^{2} \\
\geqslant 3 \times 1995 .
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Given a 2 + b 2 + c 2 ⩾ ab + b c + c a = 1995 , we have c 2 a 2 b 2 + b 2 c 2 a 2 + a 2 b 2 c 2 ⩾ c ab ⋅ b c a + b c a ⋅ a b c + a b c ⋅ c ab = a 2 + b 2 + c 2 ⩾ 1995. Also, ( c ab + b c a + a b c ) 2 = c 2 a 2 b 2 + b 2 c 2 a 2 + a 2 b 2 c 2 + 2 a 2 + 2 b 2 + 2 c 2 ⩾ 3 × 1995.
Thus, a b c + c a b + b c a ⩾ 3 665 \frac{a b}{c}+\frac{c a}{b}+\frac{b c}{a} \geqslant 3 \sqrt{665} c ab + b c a + a b c ⩾ 3 665 . That is, the minimum value of a b c + a c b + b c a \frac{a b}{c}+\frac{a c}{b}+\frac{b c}{a} c ab + b a c + a b c is 3 665 3 \sqrt{665} 3 665 .
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