Áp dụng BĐT Cauchy-Schwarz dạng Engel ta có:
\(VT=\dfrac{a^2}{a+b}+\dfrac{b^2}{b+c}+\dfrac{c^2}{c+d}+\dfrac{d^2}{a+d}\)
\(\ge\dfrac{\left(a+b+c+d\right)^2}{a+b+b+c+c+d+d+a}\)
\(=\dfrac{\left(a+b+c+d\right)^2}{2\left(a+b+c+d\right)}=\dfrac{a+b+c+d}{2}=\dfrac{1}{2}=VP\)
Đẳng thức xảy ra khi \(a=b=c=d=\dfrac{1}{4}\)