Problem 1: Let $a,b,c> 0$
$ab+3bc+2ca\leqslant18$
Prove that:
$\frac{3}{a} + \frac{2}{b}+ \frac{1}{c}\geqslant 3$.
I started on this way:
$\frac{3}{a} + \frac{2}{b}+ \frac{1}{c}\geqslant 3$
$\frac{3bc+2ac+ab}{abc}\geqslant 3 $
$\frac{ab+3bc+2ac}{abc}\geqslant 3 \times \frac{abc}{3}$
$\frac{ab+3bc+2ca}{3}\geqslant abc$
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Can someone tell me what should i do next? Should I use the inequality between Arithmetic and Geometric mean?
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By Holder: $$18\left(\frac{3}{a}+\frac{2}{b}+\frac{1}{c}\right)^2\geq(ab+3bc+2ac)\left(\frac{3}{a}+\frac{2}{b}+\frac{1}{c}\right)\left(\frac{2}{b}+\frac{1}{c}+\frac{3}{a}\right)\geq$$ $$\geq\left(\sqrt[3]{ab\cdot\frac{3}{a}\cdot\frac{2}{b}}+\sqrt[3]{3bc\cdot\frac{2}{b}\cdot\frac{1}{c}}+\sqrt[3]{2ac\cdot\frac{1}{c}\cdot\frac{3}{a}}\right)^3=162$$ and we are done!
The Holder inequality for three sequences is the following.
It follows from convexity of $f(x)=x^k$, where $k>1$.
In our case $\alpha=\beta=\gamma=1$.