Áp dụng bất đẳng thức \(\dfrac{9}{x+y+z}\le\dfrac{1}{x}+\dfrac{1}{y}+\dfrac{1}{z}\) với x, y, z > 0 ta có:
\(\dfrac{1}{2a+b}+\dfrac{1}{2b+c}+\dfrac{1}{2c+a}=\dfrac{1}{9}\left(\dfrac{9}{a+a+b}+\dfrac{9}{b+b+c}+\dfrac{1}{c+c+a}\right)\le\dfrac{1}{9}\left(\dfrac{1}{a}+\dfrac{1}{a}+\dfrac{1}{b}+\dfrac{1}{b}+\dfrac{1}{b}+\dfrac{1}{c}+\dfrac{1}{c}+\dfrac{1}{c}+\dfrac{1}{a}\right)=\dfrac{1}{9}.3\left(\dfrac{1}{a}+\dfrac{1}{b}+\dfrac{1}{c}\right)=\dfrac{1}{3a}+\dfrac{1}{3b}+\dfrac{1}{3c}\).